Door Not Closing Tight Against Weather Stripping

I already had the doors fitted and i just stained them both and am about to put them on but i wanted to replace the weather stripping because the copper was damaging my old doors.

Door not closing tight against weather stripping. It has an unlevel threshold on the floor causing the gap. Tighten the screws on the hinges using a screwdriver. Start at the top hinge which tends to bear the heaviest load of the three. Doors when installed properly need to be plumbed sideways hinge to knob side and inside to outside.

If your door appears to be warped because it doesn t fit tight to the door stop or weather stripping it could be caused by an installation problem. Silicone makes an ideal weatherstripping because it s durable soft and has no compression memory. Tighten all the screws in both leaves of this hinge. Door very hard to close now.

Tack the door weather stripping in place but don t drive the nails home yet. Tom prefers a weather seal system that includes a tubular silicone weatherstripping that fits against the doorstop and a twin fin silicone sweep that fits beneath the door. There s also a way to adjust the door strike if your weatherstripping is not tight to the door or if it s making the door close too tight or barely just not all. So i had copper weather stripping on my doors from about 1954 and i m in the process of replacing the doors.

Nails into the wood flange and position the weatherstripping so the entire length of the foam seals against the door. If the door doesn t close evenly against the weatherstrip the top or bottom needs twisted to match. Once you re finished check the door to see if this has resolved your problem. Hanging a prehung exterior door is what to look for.

Is there another type of stripping i can use. It does not fit well into the grove in the door frame and it has now made the door very hard to open and close especially the closing part. Add screws to any empty holes you see. Then measure the length of the sides of the frame.

Or replacing your door altogether. Pry it up and re shim seal with silicone for drafts. The pre hung unit could be out of plumb with the wall. I do not care if i have to replace it more often i just need this fixed.

Unscrew door frame from studs and rehang. If it has not proceed to step 3. I put some stuff that was supposed to fill gaps from 1 8 to 3 8 but now my door won t close.