I recently watched Tom Silver on "Ask This Old House" adjust just such a problem by shimming behind the hinges with playing cards or did he use cardboard I just forget. To lower the latch he shimmed a little more under the top hinge, less at the middle hinge, on a three hinge door. You can shim the mortise in the door frame as well as the mortise in the door.
A small amount of shimming can yield quite a bit of movement. Might be that the top of the door didn't need trimming at all, just the hinge shimmed out a touch. Similarly I suppose you might deepen the mortises at the bottom hinge a little if there is not already too much depth. Just some alternatives. Sometimes there isn't enough room of course. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. ----- Original Message ----- From: RJ To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, July 06, 2007 1:41 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] The door is trimmed Some times there is just a slight adjustment. Loosen the screws and tap up or down on the striker plate. ----- Original Message ----- From: robert moore To: Blind Handyman Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2007 10:47 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] The door is trimmed Thank you all for your good ideas. I borrowed a rasp from my neighbor and just filed on the top of the door I did not take it off the hinges so I need to vacuum. Now the problem is that the door will not stay closed because the striker plate is too low so I will need to take care of that. I think I see how I can do that. I will be back if I get stuck on this one. Robert [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
