Comments on: Sticking Door? It’s not the door’s fault! http://fineremodel.com/sticking-door-its-not-the-doors-fault-2006-08-22 Info, Tutorials, and Videos to Improve your Home Improvement Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:38:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: nathan http://fineremodel.com/sticking-door-its-not-the-doors-fault-2006-08-22#comment-354 nathan Thu, 27 Dec 2007 21:21:06 +0000 http://fineremodel.com/sticking-door-its-not-the-doors-fault-2006-08-22#comment-354 Brian, your mention of the storm door seems to be the clue here. In the winter, the door (and perhaps the framing around it; even the floor joists below that room) is getting extremely dry. Then in the summer, the moisture in the wood rises -- especially if the home is air-conditioned and the door itself becomes a magnet for outside moisture (adding a storm door should really help with this; especially if you can get it to seal well on all edges). It is also possible that seasonal moisture fluctuations in the soil below your foundation are causing the soil to rise and fall with the seasons. Is the foundation on a sticky (when moist) clay? Are there any cracks in your foundation? If the answers to these are both no, then this is probably not the source of your problem. When the door scrapes the hardwood, is it scraping as it closes or is it scraping when it is open? One little mystery: why would it be scraping when dry (winter), rather than when it is in it's expanded/moist state (summer)?? Brian, your mention of the storm door seems to be the clue here. In the winter, the door (and perhaps the framing around it; even the floor joists below that room) is getting extremely dry. Then in the summer, the moisture in the wood rises — especially if the home is air-conditioned and the door itself becomes a magnet for outside moisture (adding a storm door should really help with this; especially if you can get it to seal well on all edges).

It is also possible that seasonal moisture fluctuations in the soil below your foundation are causing the soil to rise and fall with the seasons. Is the foundation on a sticky (when moist) clay? Are there any cracks in your foundation? If the answers to these are both no, then this is probably not the source of your problem.

When the door scrapes the hardwood, is it scraping as it closes or is it scraping when it is open?

One little mystery: why would it be scraping when dry (winter), rather than when it is in it’s expanded/moist state (summer)??

]]> By: Brian http://fineremodel.com/sticking-door-its-not-the-doors-fault-2006-08-22#comment-346 Brian Thu, 27 Dec 2007 02:55:03 +0000 http://fineremodel.com/sticking-door-its-not-the-doors-fault-2006-08-22#comment-346 I have a beautiful solid wood front door (no storm door). The door rubs against the hardwood floor a lot in the winter and is fine in the summer. The adjustable threshold can not be adjusted enough to fix this problem what else could it be? The home is only two years old could the foundation be settling still? I am a carpenter and a little confuse about what to do first to fix this problem and not have to come back again. Thanks for any help you could give me. This home is in southeastern Wisconsin. I have a beautiful solid wood front door (no storm door). The door rubs against the hardwood floor a lot in the winter and is fine in the summer. The adjustable threshold can not be adjusted enough to fix this problem what else could it be?
The home is only two years old could the foundation be settling still?
I am a carpenter and a little confuse about what to do first to fix this problem and not have to come back again. Thanks for any help you could give me.
This home is in southeastern Wisconsin.

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