Comment on Anon is a carpenter

• Boozilla@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I’m not a carpenter, just a stupid homeowner. Learning how to bend hinges to fix problem doors was life changing. Especially in an older house that has shifted over time.

  It’s tricky to explain. Fortunately there are videos online that show how it works.

  Anyway, I know that’s not the same thing as hanging a door. That’s much more involved.

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  • lightnsfw@reddthat.com ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The house I live in is 4 years old and half the doors don’t close right.

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  • Coskii@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Hanging a door is super easy*!

    *only pertains to new construction in places where the workers before door installation made sure the rough opening is plumb, level, and square.

    Installation in a settled house is often a massive compromise on angle, tilt, placement, and sometimes squareness. When all else fails, bending one or more hinge pins to add friction to the door is the last ditch compromise just to have something kind of work.

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    • lightnsfw@reddthat.com ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      The house I live in is 4 years old and half the doors don’t close right.

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    • Boozilla@sh.itjust.works ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I don’t bend the hinge pins, I bend the hinge “knuckles”. That’s probably what you meant.

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      • Coskii@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        bending the knuckles is one of several solutions for specific issues, bending the hinge pins is specifically done to keep the door from swinging freely (just in case the wall happens to be leaning enough that the doors own weight would move it). Bending the knuckles slightly adjusts the swing and orientation of the door.

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• Akasazh@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  My grandad might be biased, fwiw

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