Double french doors are vulnerable to building or ground movement that can shift the doors out of alignment.
Sticking french door.
3 drive a 3 inch screw into the middle of the upper jamb to draw the jamb upward if either door doesn t clear it.
Follow along as tom fixes a swelled door in his own home with just a few simple tools.
Like single doors french doors are prone to sticking along the door jambs or to each other if not installed properly.
In some instances you have a door that sticks along the strike area the metal part of the door frame where it meets the outermost edge of the door.
A sticking sliding door may seem like a minor inconvenience but it gets to be a real big pain sooner rather than later.
Break the sticks off flush with the hinge and drive the same screw into the packing.
Can really throw things off square.
French doors occasionally are in need of alignment soon.
If the doors cannot open at all use a flashlight to check the gap between the doors and the frame for anything amiss.
How to fix uneven french doors.
Tom s rule of thumb for keeping a door from sticking in the jamb is that the reveal the space between the door and jamb should be 1 8 to 3 16 inch wide or about the thickness of a nickel.
Plus if you let the problem proceed it could damage other parts of your patio door which can end up being costly to repair or you might have to replace the whole door.
Also wood expands over time so even french doors that were installed properly can still fail to close.
Each time you open it there is a little grab before it releases.
Double doors like that french double doors or any type of double door is really double the trouble when it comes to door adjustments because you know without having a solid center jamb any movement in the hinge jambs leslie.
Yes it s that sticking door of yours.
Step 1 close shave photo by craig raine.
Whether the french doors are completely unable to open only stick intermittently or simply feel rather stiff you must examine them thoroughly to determine the cause of the problem.