Door Won't Stay Open

Bird · May 23, 2009

Yep, Jeff, that looks like a pretty good idea.

carpenter383 · May 23, 2009

I was also gonna suggest bending the hinge pin, but others beat me to it. I'm a trim carpenter and sometimes when the painters take the door slabs down to paint them they don't put'em back up correctly. So I run into this on a regular basis and bending the pin almost always does the trick. Soild core doors are more finicky about swinging on there own if out of plumb than hollow core ones.

Bird · May 23, 2009

Soild core doors are more finicky about swinging on there own if out of plumb than hollow core ones.

Is that just because the solid core doors are heavier? Or is there some other reason that I don't know about?

carpenter383 · May 23, 2009

Bird said:
Is that just because the solid core doors are heavier? Or is there some other reason that I don't know about?

Yes because they're heavier. Also I like to use screws through the hinge and into the cripple with solid core doors. Those little short hinge screws just don't always cut it.

czechsonofagun · May 24, 2009

Did you check for poltergeists lately

jdbower · May 24, 2009

czechsonofagun said:
Did you check for poltergeists lately

That's a good idea. Ever since I moved into my house I put the chicken in the middle shelf of my fridge. When I'd wake up in the morning for some reason it would be on the top shelf. Took me forever but I finally figured out that I had a poultrygeist.

Bird · May 24, 2009

czechsonofagun said:
Did you check for poltergeists lately

I knew I had gremlins in my shop down in the country that were always moving things around and hiding my tools, but I didn't think about poltergeists here in town.

2manyrocks · May 25, 2009

I think I need to install a video camera in the shop so I can replay the tape and find my tools.

dmccarty · May 28, 2009

I am so glad Bird asked how to fix this problem!

I took out one of the original door hinge pins and put in a replacement that has a door stop attached. As soon as I did this the door has trouble staying open.

I will pull the pin out and bend it.

The problem got worse when I oiled the hinges to stop squeeks.

Thanks!
Dan

Bird · May 28, 2009

Dan, our bathroom door stayed open until I lubricated the hinges to stop the squeak.

So I bought one of those little rubber door stops (wedge type) to keep it open. Don't know why I never thought about bending hinge pins a bit, but it worked.

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