My Door Is Hinge Bound

Test the hinge on the latch side a door is cut at a slight bevel to make it easier to close.

My door is hinge bound.

A door that is difficult to close and tends to spring open is said to be hinge bound. Sooner or later when the door is closed on the paper it gets trapped. If a door binds open it grasp the knob and lift up to see if a hinge is loose. If you can t find where the door is binding open the door and hold a sheet of paper in various places in the joint.

Weighing it down may also be necessary. If your door binds at the hinges squeals during closing or stops almost immediately when pushed to close the hinges are the culprit. Door that is hard to close. Could be one of several problems.

First open the door and check the hinge mortises. If one is loose remove two or more screws and try driving in longer screws. Hinges binding before door fully closes barry a saw will work fine in a pinch if the door jamb is perfectly straight. That s where your problem is.

You can usually see whether it is just one hinge or the door itself that is binding. Each hinge should be shimmed equally to prevent the door from becoming hinge bound. You can t pull it out. The normal procedure is to scribe the door and plane to the line with a power planer preferably a porter cable model 126 spiral cutter.

If not it s a fairly easy task to bend it a bit if it s a standard samped sheet metal hinge and not cast. The problem is usually caused by hinge recesses cut too deep in either the door edge or in the frame. Generally when correctly fitted the hinge flaps should be flush with the surface of the wood. Restore a warped door to its normal shape by removing it and laying it flat.

And if the hinge pins do not bend the door should then operate satisfactorily. Spray them liberally then open and close the door so the oil. When the door has swelled place shims in the inner edge of the hinge mortise as shown in figure 7 6. This forces the door closer to the jamb at the lock edge.

Same on the edge. In a real world they should be flush with the surface of the jamb and set in 1 and 1 2 inches. It could be that the screws are a bit proud but more likely the hinges are simply malformed slightly such that they won t close flat.