I am replacing all of the doors and hardware in my house. I purchased slab, 6 panel doors that have no pre-cut holes. I put up one and didn't have a problem. I tried to put up the second one and I am having a problem with the hinges. I put new hinges on, and because they are a different type they are in a slightly different location.

Here's the problem: When I close the door, there is a bind in the hinges and the door doesn't want to close all the way easily. I can push it closed, but it doesn't go easily. When I push it in and let go, it springs back out about three inches.

At first, I didn't recess the hinges. But then I thought that was the problem so I chiseled it out but that didn't help. It may have made it worse.

Help!!!

 

i Just replaced 8 of those same 6 panel slab doors last week.I found that i had 2 doors do this also, what i found out was the hinge was cocked one way or the other, like when you screw the hinges to the jamb the hinge would pull left or right , so it wouldnt be straight on the jamb, i shimmed hinges so they screwed down straight and no problems after that.I hope that helps, its like your jamb(wood) that hinge is screwing to has twisted one way or the other.

 

It sounds as if the hinge side of the door is contacting the door jamb. When you push the door shut, is there a gap between the slab and the jamb on the hinge side?

 

The door isn't contacting the jam. There is a gap between the door and the jam. However I can see movement in the bottom hinge when I push the door all the way in. I took each hinge off individually and tried closing the door to try to see if it was one hinge or the other, but I couldn't detect anything.

The other thing I did was move the hinges out so that the hinge pin is out away from the door casing

 

How did you shim the hinges?

 

My guess would be that perhaps one or both of that hinge's mortises are too deep on the front side and not deep enough on the back side.

 

or perhaps the hinge side door stop is too close to the door because the new hinges position the door too close to the door stop?

 

Check the clearance between the door and the jamb on the hinge side at the very bottom. The bottom of the jamb may have gotten pushed in when the baseboard was installed.

 

Hi, This could be caused by a lot of things. Check the gap between the hinge side of the door use a credit card and make sure the door doesn't bind. If it does shim the hinge or plane the door. The most common thing I found to cause the problem is the door binds against the door stop and that will pop the door open. You can either move the door stop or move the hinge toward the front of door this moves the front of the door away from the stop.
Good Luck Woodbutcher