French Door installation? I have installed prehung exterior double french doors and I can't...
I have installed prehung exterior double french doors and I can't receive them to close properly. The inactive side closes without a flaw but the other door seems too far over and will not close. I can just close the doors if I open both and close simultaneously. They are fiberglass so I cannot bevel the door. Any tips?
Question for the guy who offered apt advise on my previous interrogate:
You mean nick the hinge from the door off the jamb and put the cardboard contained by between then retighten?
I hope that this come with directions. First the sill have to be perfectly height all the track across. leave the at rest door closed and unattached on the hinge side of that door. Get the active door to work and close first, next work on the inactive side. Do not staple anything permanantly until every thing is without a flaw plumb and level. polite luck.
I only just ever encourage someone to alter the factory french doors. Do this first.
#1 Check to put together sure you put shims in (directly trailing the hinges) on the frame. If you installed shims anywhere else it could be bowing the frame from one side to the next.
#2. Remove shims from influential side jamb. It could be you have squeezed the frame too much, pushing the helpful side toward the inactive door too much. Take the shims out of the influential side and run some long screws contained by the hinges on this side of the door. As you tighten long screw, check door as you go and see if it works better.
#3. Remove influential door from hinges. Take hinge stale of frame.
Take a sharp wood chisel and peel out more of the wood contained by the hinge pocket on the frame. If you need more clearance rob out some wood on the hinge pocket of the door also.
Do #3 only after you own tried #1 & # 2. I bet you have squeezed the frame by shimming it to tight.
Answers: If the busy door is to far over on the top center and hitting the inactive door widen the active door and remove a screw from the hinge at the jamb on top hinge and replace the screw next to a 2 inch screw and tighten to draw the door over, repeat at every hinge if needed.
The cardboard put behind the hinge at the jamb is to close up the cavity between the doors if gap is to big.