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Door swings open on own weight

  • 06-07-2021 11:26PM
    #1
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 55,508 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭


    I have a door that once it's open 90degrees will swing on it's own weight, banging into whatever is behind it.

    It all started last year when my wife sprayed the hinges with wd40. :(

    Any idea how I can remedy this? Is the issue with how the door is hung?


Comments

  • #2
    Gen.Zhukov
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 2,139 ✭✭✭Gen.Zhukov


    double post



  • #3
    Gen.Zhukov
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 2,139 ✭✭✭Gen.Zhukov


    No idea what happened there. I posted a comment re fixing the door and it double posted. I then deleted the 2nd post and the lot went...ffs!



  • #4
    kadman
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 5,141 Mod ✭✭✭✭kadman


    Either the door frame is out of plumb or the door has been hung with the hinges too far

    into the frame or too far out. Stick a level onto the hinges and frame to see which one it is.



  • #5
    chooseusername
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 4,631 ✭✭✭chooseusername


    https://boards.ie/discussion/2058198736/door-swings-open-on-own-weight




  • #6
    chooseusername
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 4,631 ✭✭✭chooseusername


    Are they rising butt hinges by any chance?

    (I don't know what happened there, can't grasp this new site)

    Post edited by chooseusername on


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  • #7
    spuddy4711
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 455 ✭✭spuddy4711


    Utube shows solution as tapping out the pin from centre of one or two hinges, giving the pin a slight bend and reinserting.

    Or just smear superglue along the hinge, it will last for ages.



  • #8
    kadman
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 5,141 Mod ✭✭✭✭kadman


    https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117616178#Comment_117616178

    So thats binding up the free movement of the hinge. I suppose it would work😀



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