Can you "unwarp" a door?


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Old 03-30-22, 06:23 PM
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Can you "unwarp" a door?

Century home, original wood doors and knobs which I love. One of the upstairs doors hits at the bottom before the top. Easiest way would be to angle the jam but thats not what I want to resort to. Is there something I can do to flatten the door once again. Take the twist or warp, whatever it may be, out of it? Thanks

 
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Old 03-30-22, 06:36 PM
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Have you put a level against the door to prove the door is the problem? I know, seems like it is but....
 
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Old 03-30-22, 06:38 PM
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Nope, not really. Your not going to fix what probably took 100+ years to warp. Best thing to do would be to take the hinge side door stops off, move the hinges a little and then reinstall the door stops as needed.

Bottom hinge would move away from the door stop, top hinge would move toward it. Like maybe 1/4". You try to split the difference, not correct it entirely. Correcting it entirely on the latch side would make the hinge side look as bad as the latch side does now. You would typically try to correct half of it by moving the hinges and the other half by moving the door stops.
 
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