fandomsecrets | [ SECRET POST #3364 ]

⌈ Secret Post #3364 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

01.

__________________________________________________

02.

[The Glass Scientists]

__________________________________________________

03.

[Ghostbusters remake]

__________________________________________________

04.

[All for One Webseries]

__________________________________________________

05.

[Castle]

__________________________________________________

06.

[DC Comics]

__________________________________________________

07.

[Reign of Fire]

__________________________________________________

08.

[Steven Universe]

__________________________________________________

09.

[K. Tempest Bradford]

__________________________________________________

10.

[Against the Wall]

__________________________________________________

11.

[Queer Literature, "In the Company of Shadows"]

__________________________________________________

12.

(Star Wars Rebels)

__________________________________________________

13.

[Jeeves and Wooster, P.G. Wodehouse]

__________________________________________________

14.

[Giles Coren]

__________________________________________________

15.

[James Marsters/Rick Grimes of The Walking Dead]

Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 04 pages, 086 secrets from Secret Submission Post #481.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

The door to our bathroom is dragging when it gets about halfway open. I am pretty sure the hinges are loose. My landlord took the door down, sanded some of the bottom off, and put it back up. And it opened completely again. After a month or so, it started dragging when halfway open.

I've told my landlord and he says that the bottom of the door is probably really dirty. I know this can't be the issue because when I LIFT the door, I can see it rise a bit and it will move past the halfway point.

Would replacing the hinges fix this? Is there anyway to stop it from sagging?

Replacing them might fix it. But a lot of times with doors the frames' holes have gotten too worn down or warped. If that's the case it probably won't help. So, the question is if it's the frame or the hinges themselves that are the problem.

As a landlord, I'd say it's reasonable to expect a door to open more than halfway, and that it's your landlord's responsibility to repair it. Obviously planing the bottom of the door didn't cut it. Your next step is to send the landlord a letter to lay out your concerns in a way he can't dismiss. Tell him exactly what you said here--that the door can be lifted because the hinges are loose, that his repair was not satisfactory, and that if he doesn't rehang the door within a reasonable amount of time, you intend to have the work done yourself and send him a bill.

If you like, clean the bottom of the door first, so he can't say you didn't do it. I doubt it'll do a thing unless the floor is really, really dirty--is your floor really, really dirty?

Alternatively, if you're good at that kind of thing yourself, maybe this is the solution you're looking for? I just googled "rehang sagging door" and this is the first thing that came up:

http://www.familyhandyman.com/doors/repair/fix-sagging-or-sticking-doors/view-all

It isn't dirty at all! He just said there was dirt on the bottom of the door when he sanded it down last time.

Well, I think of myself as a person who keeps a clean house, but I'd never think to clean the bottom edge of a door. Of course over the lifetime of the apartment, it's bound to pick up some gunk.

The toothpick thing might be your best bet. It is really your landlord's responsibility to fix the door, but with some landlords, getting them to cough up the cost is like nailing Jello to a tree.

The problem is your hinges, especially the top one. As someone else said - the holes are being worn away so new hinges will not fix it and your screws are not screwing.

Try the toothpick method. It's the quickest and easiest for a rental. Had to do this on our bathroom door too, as real estate wouldn't do anything or tell the landlords even when it was scratching the floor.

Brilliant vid. Thank you!

Agree with the comments that said it's probably that the hinges are loose because the holes they're screwed into are widening over time. Replacing the hinges themselves won't fix it. You'd need to either drill new holes (which is tricky, because door hinges need to be spaced a certain way) or find some way to fill in the screw holes so that the screws (and therefore hinges) aren't slipping out.

Your landlord's line about the "bottom of the door is probably really dirty" and he fixed it previous by sanding off the dirt is total bullshit. Sounds like you'll need to be firm with him about fixing the problem because doors need to open fully. It's a fire hazard.

[ SECRET POST #3364 ]

Anyone know how to fix a sagging door?

Re: Anyone know how to fix a sagging door?

Re: Anyone know how to fix a sagging door?

Re: Anyone know how to fix a sagging door?

Re: Anyone know how to fix a sagging door?

Re: Anyone know how to fix a sagging door?

Re: Anyone know how to fix a sagging door?

Re: Anyone know how to fix a sagging door?