The dragging door corner can scrape the floor or threshold.
Interior door now scraping floor.
Doors bind and scrape for several reasons but it s frequently due to loose hinges or slight movement in the building which throws door openings slightly out of square.
Do your prehung interior doors stick to the jamb rub the floor or just don t lock anymore.
Here s a quick 20 minutes diy task to fix a door that is sticky.
A dragging corner makes a door difficult to open and close.
Over time these screws can work their way loose causing the bottom of the door to drag on the floor.
This past weekend i fixed our bathroom door that was scraping the floor tile and rubbing the jamb.
First run a piece of paper at the bottom of door to identify where is sticky.
If your door is a solid wood door you have more leeway in regards to how much wood you can remove.
Do not remove more than 1 4 to 1 2 of an inch 64 to 1 27 cm of wood.
Use a screwdriver to tighten the screws in the top hinge on the door and frame.
Since the floor is tile and the door has not been wet ie.
Not swollen i can only surmise that i have to tighten the door hinges or something.
The door problem was most likely a consequence of our kids hanging heavy wet towels on the door handle.
Interior doors are often hollow with only 1 inch 2 54 cm of wood to stabilize the door.
It doesn t appear to be mis aligned with the door frame however i can t for the life of me figure out how to do this.