3 Ways to Fix a Sagging/ Rubbing or Crooked Door That's Hard to Close!

[@StevenInsko]

I sort of knew about adjusting hinges to fix a sagging door but didn't know all of the steps. My front door was dropping at least 1/4 inch. I followed all of his simple steps and now my door has perfect gaps all of the way around. Thank you!

[@TheHomeImprovementChannel]

That's awesome! So glad I could help. 😊

[@parghi22]

Hanging on the doorknob = instant like 😂

[@TheHomeImprovementChannel]

Lol.... 😂 Thank you..

[@MorganMacArthur]

I didn't have confidence in this working but it worked on two separate doors in the house, thanks a ton.

[@TheHomeImprovementChannel]

That's awesome! Glad this was able to help... 😀

[@rachaelsmith6223]

We knew about the longer screw fix but no idea that the crescent wrench fix was a thing! The crescent wrench trick is what did it for us! Thank you for sharing!

[@TheHomeImprovementChannel]

That's awesome! Glad I was able to help... 😀

[@BillSW]

great video. No BS music just straight in to the repair. I like that trick of bending the hinges to align for the pin.

[@TheHomeImprovementChannel]

Thank you for the great feedback!

[@Sirmooshalot]

Oh my goodness. This video is amazing. Everything is so simple, yet so creative. I'd have never thought of any of these fixes, but they all immediately make sense. THANK YOU!

[@TheHomeImprovementChannel]

TYSM for the great feedback! You're welcome and I'm glad I could help... 😀

[@alexegoavil7590]

I thought it was Frank Zappa 😂

[@TheHomeImprovementChannel]

Lol...😂

[@blackmass1082]

i thought it was a homeless Todd Phillips

[@brinaldoramziski976]

I wonder if he lives in Montana.

[@dddtaaa]

🤫

[@tome5706]

Rudi, I'd never seen the crescent wrench fix before. What a great idea!

[@TheHomeImprovementChannel]

Awesome! Thank you for the great feedback..

[@scout7198]

Thank you for helping me fix several sagging doors in my old house. Your methods did the trick.

[@TheHomeImprovementChannel]

Excellent! You're welcome and I'm glad I could help..

[@FlatDan]

Just fixed my door watching your video. Thank you!

[@TheHomeImprovementChannel]

That's awesome! So glad I was able to help... 😀

[@robskuba1111]

You just saved us some money on our energy bill! Now we can seal the door properly! THANK YOU!

[@TheHomeImprovementChannel]

That's awesome!

[@amandainflorida9986]

Omg! You made this sooo simple. I literally fixed every messed up door in my house❤

[@TheHomeImprovementChannel]

That's awesome! So glad I could help..

[@soulseeker678]

Trim was making aligning the hinges while screwed in a royal pain and don't have a mounted vice.. but it got me thinking.. I pulled out a set of locking vice *grips* and it worked like a charm. Thank you, sir!

[@TheHomeImprovementChannel]

Great way to improvise! Glad I was able to help. You're welcome.. 😀

[@jeffcarter1641]

Okay - have you bugged my house? This is the second time my wife and I have been discussing a household problem, then the next day or so you'll post a video on that same subject! Thanks for the video... it'll come in handy!

[@TheHomeImprovementChannel]

Lol... that's excellent! You're welcome.. 😊😊

[@betinis916]

Thank you for your awesome video!!! Going to try this on my front door! I originally took the door off to get my fridge in the house, and now my door is sagging horribly

[@TheHomeImprovementChannel]

Yes it should work! Just make sure all your hinges are tight... Especially if they were working fine before you took the door off..

[@hobbestuna]

I appreciate all the different solutions, thank you!

[@TheHomeImprovementChannel]

Excellent.. You're welcome.. 😀

[@Pillagingjust4fun...]

Thanks for the video man, the crescent wrench trick worked great 👍

[@TheHomeImprovementChannel]

Excellent! So glad I could help... 😀

[@lauramelton7654]

I never would have known what to do. I was actually thinking about sanding down the corner of the door a bit at the top. Glad I watched this video! I thought it may also change with the weather since it showed up during the drought and the hottest month ever.

[@TheHomeImprovementChannel]

Glad I could help! It can certainly change with the WX a little bit if the clearance is marginal.

[@charliebrown7517]

1:53.... Never tied the two together. my 4 year old daughter does this... it all makes sense now. Thanks!

[@TheHomeImprovementChannel]

Lol.. .You're welcome.. 😀

[@samfrodo]

Our door has a slightly different hinge, but I think I might just fix it with your advice all the same! Thank you so much

[@TheHomeImprovementChannel]

You are so welcome!

[@rudyramirez9577]

Good job Rudy

[@TheHomeImprovementChannel]

Thank you Rudy!

[@brittneycrowson57]

Thank you for this video. It was subzero last night and I have a drafty exterior door at my apartment. The maintenance man here is a hard worker but keeps forgetting to fix the door. My bet is bent hinges since they just replaced the screws.

[@TheHomeImprovementChannel]

Awesome! I hope you get it fixed soon... 😀 It's cold here too... 🥶

[@jeffhansman2829]

Just did this to two doors that wouldn't close properly and it worked like a charm. It seems unintuitive to bend the knuckles *toward* the jamb the door is hitting, but once you drive the pins back in the hinges, it makes perfect sense, as the relocated knuckles have to align with the jamb knuckes to accommodate the pin. Worked perfectly, but yes, be careful you don't damage the screws in the door. .

[@TheHomeImprovementChannel]

Awesome! So glad I was able to help...

[@jamalbenthall151]

Great video

[@TheHomeImprovementChannel]

TYSM! I really appreciate it.

[@frankoneyjr.4515]

Great video !

[@TheHomeImprovementChannel]

Thank you!

[@TrueHearted78]

Great vid. Thanks you sir

[@TheHomeImprovementChannel]

Youre welcome!

[@MzdrMooner]

Awesome! Thank you for the help.

[@TheHomeImprovementChannel]

You're welcome!

[@Kiss__Kiss]

Great Ideas, as always..

[@TheHomeImprovementChannel]

Thank you! 😊

[@luisaguero4201]

Bruh!! I’m about to go try this!

[@TheHomeImprovementChannel]

Excellent! Hope it fixes it for you... 😀. Try to be careful not to pull the hinges loose when you're trying to bend them..

[@kurtd8752]

The crescent wrench solution saved me so much time...it's *#*@# genius.

[@TheHomeImprovementChannel]

Awesome! Glad I could help.. 😀

[@dottyjyoung]

OK, THANK YOU, Because I'm abt to try this crescent wrench w/some big-ass hinges. 😁

[@dottyjyoung]

Sadly, it won't work. :( Ive got some huge hinges for the basement door, that are original to the mid-century house we bought. I wish we could attach pics.

[@TheHomeImprovementChannel]

@@dottyjyoung Huh.. Yes I'd have to see them to know why it wouldn't work. You should be able to upload pics to my take a bath productions facebook page.. 😀

[@dottyjyoung]

@@TheHomeImprovementChannel That's okay, because when I took the hinges off, I saw they were mounted into old-as-dirt heart pine!! I chiseled that bad boy a bit deeper, & it WORKED GREAT!

[@dottyjyoung]

It won't let me *post* on that page for some reason, so I'll send em as a message to your page. They're really cool, & I don't know what they're called.

[@TheHomeImprovementChannel]

@@dottyjyoung Thank you! I responded.

[@letsdanceonhere]

great tips!

[@TheHomeImprovementChannel]

Thank you so much!

[@jplieurance]

Nice. Thanks! I have a problem where my door is not warped, but it will not shut flush with the jam. Ideas?

[@TheHomeImprovementChannel]

Maybe the jam is in crooked? IF so, you can take the door casing off on that side and try to straighten the jamb with the door... Not super easy, but not that hard.. 😀

[@JohnStacy]

epic find!

[@TheHomeImprovementChannel]

Thank you 😊😊

[@oceanfood420]

spectacular tips! thank you!

[@TheHomeImprovementChannel]

You're so welcome!

[@AyCaramba1311]

Thank you. Off to the door I go.

[@TheHomeImprovementChannel]

Glad I could help!.. You're welcome..

[@IntoTheLightAstrology]

What a great video! My situation is a bit different, though, depending on your reply, I may be good with your method. My door has the same sag as yours as viewed from the top when closed. In this case the frame isn't square! (an apartment 3rd floor). It is far enough off that the striker plate is barely too high for the lowered "tongue"/latch? to enter, unless I lift forcefully on the handle while closing. All the screws were tight, and visually the hinges are screwed in flush. Question: do you think that I may get the needed lift by removing the hinge pins and bending? I already tried to pop out the top and middle pins, and with a hammer and pointy tool they didn't budge! (the doors are only 7 years old).

[@TheHomeImprovementChannel]

HI, yes bending the hinges should help a lot even if the frame isn't square... Now if the frame is really bad you might correct the problem at the top, but then it might start to rub in a different spot! If the frame isn't "plumb" then the corners at the top are actually square, but just out of plumb.. .then bending the hinges will solve it. If you measure the frame at the top and again in the middle and bottom, this'll give you an idea if you'll wind up with a new problem in a different spot... hope that helps.

[@garthera7819]

Using my makeshift homemade plumb, I can say that it definitely isn't plumb, nor level, nor square. And without first checking with the neighbors I won't even try to remove the hinge pin, as it is tighter than I've ever encountered. In fact with the pin in it feels like those knuckles are misaligned, like the hinge was really tweaked. Anyway, I'll probably try to get either our maintenance (with luck) or pay a pro. If I were to offer a carpenter a fixed fee payment, what's reasonable (for a poor older person). Thanks so much!

[@TheHomeImprovementChannel]

HI, It does sound like it needs some pretty good tweaking to get it back straight again. Handymen are pretty far apart on pricing so it's hard to say what they would or should charge you. Many of them will charge a service call fee which is understandable in case they run into a short and quick job. Usually the service call fee will cover the first hour... after that they range from 30-70 dollars an hour depending on the person and the area.

[@IntoTheLightAstrology]

@@TheHomeImprovementChannel That's about what I was imagining. I really appreciate your guidance and opinions on this. And by the way, in case you're curious, about half the time I've clicked on your video it starts with youtube selected commercial. That's better than each time! I hope you get something for that...

[@Tommy_007]

Great video. Just a tiny bit hairy. New subscriber here. Do you have any tips when the door hinges are made of plastic?

[@TheHomeImprovementChannel]

Thanks for the sub! I've never seen plastic hinges. You could replace them with metal ones or try heating them up with a heat gun and bending just a little bit. Should do the same thing. If you use the heating up route, you might have to take them off first so you don't heat the door trim up to much and scorch the paint. I would replace with metal if that's an option.

[@andrizeefoshizee]

This is so cool!

[@TheHomeImprovementChannel]

Awesome! Thank you for the great feedback. 😊😊

[@druekberg]

Hmm, what am I doing wrong? Maybe I have extra strong hinges. Stanley, probably installed when the house was built in 1953. Could not get them to bend with the crescent wrench, only in a vise with vise grips. Both tools scratched up the brass coating. Door still sticks, maybe bowed from hanging clothes on an over-the-door hook on it for years.

[@TheHomeImprovementChannel]

If those are older hinges they are almost certainly thicker and stronger. This method definitely works on newer hinges that are weaker. Yes a vice is a good alternative for a stronger hinge. Without being able to see it it's hard to say why its still sticking. When you shift the door frame around upon installation that fixes that problem, bending the hinges around simulates moving the whole frame if the frame is out of square.

[@thefallen9461]

awsome thankyou!

[@TheHomeImprovementChannel]

You're welcome..

[@roccomiller2647]

Can anyone tell me which language/words i need to use to even google my door issue? The door is perfectly flush, brand new hinges with long screws, perfect spacing around the entire door.. however - the top portion of the door closes before the bottom does!! You start to close the door, you hear a tap, you look up and the door is closed on the top left except oh no its actually open from eye level down and if you want to close it you have to press your body hard against it. It seems the door itself is… tilted?

[@TheHomeImprovementChannel]

HI... Either the frame is not straight (parallel) with the wall on both sides, or the door itself is warped. If it's way out you might have a little bit of both going on. If it's a minor issue you can wedge something on the top to space it out even further (since that closes first) and try to force the door closed and leave it like that for a day or two. This might warp the door back the other way... If it's way out, you might have to pull the door casing loose and try to re-align the door frame so it better matches up with the door. I hope all that made sense.

[@AtomizerX]

What if the door slowly swings open when unlatched, instead of just staying in whatever neutral position you released it in?

[@TheHomeImprovementChannel]

Oh yea, I've ran into that before. That one isn't so easy. Theres probably something not level or plumb about the door installation. Try taking a level and checking for it to be out of level. Maybe you can adjust the top hinge by chiseling the hinge pocket in a little closer towards the door stop if it's sagging in that direction..

[@stayforever82]

Funny I just fixed my door that was having the same issue. Here is the video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKeki3qebplrhrM

[@gdeli]

now we know what tommy lee is up to! haha

[@gdeli]

good one bro

[@TheHomeImprovementChannel]

Lol.... I just wish I had his wallet!

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[@TheHomeImprovementChannel]

What do you mean?

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[@TheHomeImprovementChannel]

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[@AndreyDraganov]

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[@kandyfleet]

I usually cuss whenever something like @7:15 happens

[@TheHomeImprovementChannel]

Lol! 😂

[@johnnytrain001]

1:54 LOL!!!!

[@TheHomeImprovementChannel]

Lol.... 😂

[@gladysmarywalther7792]

This man is good. Very helpful,. Easy to understand ,. But being a female might not be able to fix it,,,

[@TheHomeImprovementChannel]

Thank you for the feedback! The thing to remember is to try not to pull the screws loose when you're trying to bend the hinges.. If that happens, just replace the short screw the hinges come with, with a longer screw(s) to screw into the 2x4 behind the door jamb.

[@fakawat7220]

you mean a longer screw not bigger

[@TheHomeImprovementChannel]

Hi, actually longer and bigger is good. IF the threads in the doorframe are stripped a bigger screw can fix that.

[@nyyrusty]

Hey George Harrison, why are you wearing a sweater ? 😢

[@TheHomeImprovementChannel]

Must be cold... 🥶

[@nreid4486]

Haircut

[@TheHomeImprovementChannel]

Maybe someday..🙂

[@leightaft7763]

No way. You do you.