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expired Posted by slickerdoodles • Jun 23, 2022
Jun 23, 2022 12:41 AM
RYOBI Wood Door Trimmer Drill Attachment
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Usually if a door isn't closing you need to adjust the hinges to get it straight and level again, but sometimes wood swells or new flooring is slightly higher etc and you just need to take a bit off
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Usually if a door isn't closing you need to adjust the hinges to get it straight and level again, but sometimes wood swells or new flooring is slightly higher etc and you just need to take a bit off
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You know this, I know this, but it is advertised as...
"Best of all, your wood door can stay on-hinge"
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For the bottom of latch side edge and the bottom, the door has to come off the hinges.
Personally, I scribe the door closed with a pencil, remove from hinges (remove latch/lock if that is the area), take outside and use an electric planer coming from both ends to not tear out or cup. A hand planer will work, just slower, but makes less mess if doing inside... but perfect for small area. And if planed there, you may need to reset latch/lock that will take some time if the back set needs adjusted, but at the least, the indent for latch plate will need to be re-chiseled out to sit flush at door edge. You will also need to refinish that planed edge for appearance and protect from moisture. When finished, you want the gap between door and frame to be the same all the way up and down.
Sometimes, for a small area in the middle (especially around latch), it is easier to remove the door stop and with a screw or two, move door frame to stud. And sometimes there is a shim right there behind the trim that may or may not have to be removed and lessened. The stop covers the screw(s) and if you used a utility knife to cut any paint or finish at edge before removal of stop or trim, it will reattach and look decent once nail holes are touched up. Use a few dabs of structural glue like Liquid Nails and a pin nailer.... and you will not see anything. Otherwise, touching up a few nail holes is not the end of the world.
PS: I can't remember everything while multi-tasking, but look at the line on the hinge side and if the gap is not the same from top to bottom, you may just have a loose hinge and sometimes that will require a longer screw or two. If you don't have longer screws, shove a wooden match or sliver of wood in the hole... but a longer screw will reach back to the wall stud. As well, you can move the door around in the hole by shimming hinges, such as the bottom will move the bottom of door towards the latch side, but it will also raise the latch side up. You can also shim the inside or outside of the hinge a 1/16" that will move the door left or right in the hole. Etc.
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