How To Fix Steel French Doors That Stick

If not remove the door from its hinges and lay it flat on the floor to sand.

How to fix steel french doors that stick.

You do this one door at a time. With a drill you re more likely to over tighten the screw and strip the screw holes or chew up the screwheads. If the french doors have dropped due to loose screws in the hinges attempt to tighten them before you test the doors again. Then bring the other door into it.

Tighten the hinge screws. You close the door with sort of the jamb side on it. He taps in the plug with his hammer and glue oozes out of the hole. He whittles a inch wide slightly tapered splinter out of a scrap of wood then squeezes wood glue onto it and into the screw hole.

Before doing so mark the spot with a pencil on either end where the door needs to be sanded. For your french doors that won t close the secret to repairing french doors is to align french doors first by securing all the french door hinges to the. If your door rubs near the top or drags on the floor use a screwdriver not a drill to tighten the screws. Tighten the screws that go into the door and the screws that go into the door frame.

Lumps or thick drips in paint or varnish on the edges can make a door stick. The more you use your french doors the more likely the thread of the screws will drag against the walls of their casings and loosen. Screws magically work themselves loose over the years. Do not over tighten the screws or you may strip break them.

Smooth away any spots that stick with a sanding block. Fixing french doors is not rocket science. If this is the case you may need to remove the entire doors so you can renew the holes. Use a sharp wood chisel or knife to carefully peel off defects in the finish that could cause sticking.

This can be done while the door is in place if you have access to the necessary spots. Make sure that closes properly. Set up a power or cordless drill with a screw tip attachment. If you break off a screw head or strip it use an inexpensive device called a screw extractor to remove it.

In most cases the problem is now fixed. To repair a stripped screw hole under the hinge leaf tom plugs the hole and gives the screw something new to bite into.