Freshly painted french door sticking to door jamb

[DaveD1977]

Hi. I've painted our exterior french doors and the right hand door is sticking to the door jamb nearest the hinge (not the door frame that the hinge is mounted to; It's the jamb that it shuts against).

It's like the door is now too tight to it, so it is getting squashed against it. I've tried packing out the hinges but that made no difference.

In an ideal world I'd re-drill the hinge holes on the frame, but they only need shifting back by a couple of millimetres, which means that the newly-drilled holes would be too close together.

Can anyone offer any advice? Photos attached. Thanks.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

In an ideal world I'd re-drill the hinge holes on the frame, but they only need shifting back by a couple of millimetres, which means that the newly-drilled holes would be too close together.

Loosen all the screws, from the jamb side of the hinge, then remove the hinge screws one at a time, push a match into the screw hole, then reinsert the screw, so the match is nearest the side of the hole, where it is catching. It should move the hinge over by around 0.5mm.

 

[DaveD1977]

Great tip, thanks Harry. I'll try that.

 

[opps]

As per @Harry Bloomfield 's post, I super glue matchsticks in. Some people glue in wooden dowels.

The alternative is to use a sanding block to sand the (posible) paint build up on the door stop. That often, but not always, works.

 

[DaveD1977]

As per @Harry Bloomfield 's post, I super glue matchsticks in. Some people glue in wooden dowels.

The alternative is to use a sanding block to sand the (posible) paint build up on the door stop. That often, but not always, works.

Thanks Opps. I've been out and bought matchsticks so will give that a go tomorrow. If that fails then I'll attack 8t with the sander...