When attempting to close the door to the bathroom the top part closes before the bottom half, requiring the bottom to be pushed in in order to be closed properly. Any ideas how to fix this issue?
Pictures are of the bottom, top, and handle when closing the door without forcing the bottom shut.
Use a level to verify door jamb and stop are plumb. If not, fix. If plumb, assume wooden door is warped and need to be straightened. Remove door from hinges and clamp to flat surface with high corner sticking up and unsupported. Place weights on high corner until it straightens. Check in 2 days. If not flat add more weight and check in 2 days. Repeat until flat. If flat, rehang the door. No guarantee it won't warp again. If it does, would consider replacing with a composite door.
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Hi Everyone!
The two top windows of a storm window have slid down a bit, and so now the screen window doesn't fit. Plus, it doesn't look right. How do I fix this? This window is on my second floor and I don't think I want to get on a ladder outside to repair it.
For more details, here goes...it appears that the two windows on the top half of the storm window are inserted as one 'unit'. At the very bottom of these 2 windows, there is some sort of 'spacer' between the windows right at the bottom edge (not underneath). There are spacers on all 4 sides. The spacers are held in place with some sort of adhesive. So, in my case, this 2-window 'unit' has fallen an inch or two. Furthermore, the outer window has slid down a bit more than the inner window. I've tried pushing this 'unit' up, to no avail. I've tried pushing the outside window up, without any luck. I can only push so hard because I don't want to break either window. I even put a thin piece of wood on the far left side of the windows (precisely where the left side of the screen window would go) in the hope that over a time, it will sort of force the two-window unit up a tiny bit. It seems like it didn't work. I only did this on one side- I probably need to do this on both sides as perhaps a piece of wood on both sides would slowly force the unit up. Then, I can remove these pieces of wood and add longer pieces on each side (I can always just add a popsicle stick under the two original pieces of wood)...and continue this process until the unit it all the way at the top where it needs to be. Any suggestions on how to fix this are welcome! Thanks in advance!
Sincerely,
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09-12-23, 03:11 PM
