He taps in the plug with his hammer and glue oozes out of the hole.
How to fix steel french doors that stick.
Tighten the hinge screws.
Fixing french doors is not rocket science.
In most cases the problem is now fixed.
Then bring the other door into it.
If your door rubs near the top or drags on the floor use a screwdriver not a drill to tighten the screws.
Lumps or thick drips in paint or varnish on the edges can make a door stick.
Tighten the screws in the hinges at the edges of the doors and at the faces of the doorjambs at each side of the opening.
The more you use your french doors the more likely the thread of the screws will drag against the walls of their casings and loosen.
If not remove the door from its hinges and lay it flat on the floor to sand.
You know where you have sort of the overlap the astrical moulding.
Tighten the screws that go into the door and the screws that go into the door frame.
With a drill you re more likely to over tighten the screw and strip the screw holes or chew up the screwheads.
He whittles a inch wide slightly tapered splinter out of a scrap of wood then squeezes wood glue onto it and into the screw hole.
For your french doors that won t close the secret to repairing french doors is to align french doors first by securing all the french door hinges to the.
Make sure that closes properly.
Use a sharp wood chisel or knife to carefully peel off defects in the finish that could cause sticking.
Screws magically work themselves loose over the years.
Smooth away any spots that stick with a sanding block.
Before doing so mark the spot with a pencil on either end where the door needs to be sanded.
If the french doors have dropped due to loose screws in the hinges attempt to tighten them before you test the doors again.
If you break off a screw head or strip it use an inexpensive device called a screw extractor to remove it.
You do this one door at a time.
You close the door with sort of the jamb side on it.
This can be done while the door is in place if you have access to the necessary spots.
Do not over tighten the screws or you may strip break them.
Set up a power or cordless drill with a screw tip attachment.