How to properly adjust this door ?
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Like a 3" screw ?? Someone suggested putting a screw under the hinge and then replacing. Or is that the same idea .....
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Is this an older home? Any smaller children, either now or in the past?
It looks to me as if the door is crooked in the jamb. This could be from a number of reasons but the ones that come to mind are a worn hinge on the top and that wear could come from many years of usage, compounded by children holding on to the knob and swinging on the door.
I would first check that the upper hinge is tight to both the door and the jamb. If you have the slightest doubt about wear in the hinge then swap the upper and lower hinge. The upper hinge carries most of the weight of the door so it wears more than does the lower hinge. Using longer screws in the upper hinge will more securely hold the hinge in position because it will go through the relatively thin jamb and into the stud behind the jamb.
It looks to me as if the door is crooked in the jamb. This could be from a number of reasons but the ones that come to mind are a worn hinge on the top and that wear could come from many years of usage, compounded by children holding on to the knob and swinging on the door.
I would first check that the upper hinge is tight to both the door and the jamb. If you have the slightest doubt about wear in the hinge then swap the upper and lower hinge. The upper hinge carries most of the weight of the door so it wears more than does the lower hinge. Using longer screws in the upper hinge will more securely hold the hinge in position because it will go through the relatively thin jamb and into the stud behind the jamb.