Screws magically work themselves loose over the years.
How to fix steel french doors that stick.
In most cases the problem is now fixed.
You close the door with sort of the jamb side on it.
Lumps or thick drips in paint or varnish on the edges can make a door stick.
Use a sharp wood chisel or knife to carefully peel off defects in the finish that could cause sticking.
Tighten the hinge screws.
To repair a stripped screw hole under the hinge leaf tom plugs the hole and gives the screw something new to bite into.
He whittles a inch wide slightly tapered splinter out of a scrap of wood then squeezes wood glue onto it and into the screw hole.
Make sure that closes properly.
Tighten the screws in the hinges at the edges of the doors and at the faces of the doorjambs at each side of the opening.
For your french doors that won t close the secret to repairing french doors is to align french doors first by securing all the french door hinges to the.
He taps in the plug with his hammer and glue oozes out of the hole.
Set up a power or cordless drill with a screw tip attachment.
This can be done while the door is in place if you have access to the necessary spots.
Fixing french doors is not rocket science.
Smooth away any spots that stick with a sanding block.
You do this one door at a time.
Then bring the other door into it.
If your door rubs near the top or drags on the floor use a screwdriver not a drill to tighten the screws.
If the french doors have dropped due to loose screws in the hinges attempt to tighten them before you test the doors again.
If this is the case you may need to remove the entire doors so you can renew the holes.
The more you use your french doors the more likely the thread of the screws will drag against the walls of their casings and loosen.
Do not over tighten the screws or you may strip break them.
With a drill you re more likely to over tighten the screw and strip the screw holes or chew up the screwheads.
You know where you have sort of the overlap the astrical moulding.
If not remove the door from its hinges and lay it flat on the floor to sand.
If you break off a screw head or strip it use an inexpensive device called a screw extractor to remove it.