Door swinging open
2 Sep How to stop a door from swinging open by itself: Phantom doors that open by themselves are a common household irritant, but easy to fix by.
Stop a door from opening on it's own by putting a slight bend in the hinge pin. We'll show you a simple fix that will keep interior doors from swinging all the way open if you leave them slightly ajar.
If you have a door that swings all the way open every time you leave it slightly.
Bend the hinge pin
Description:The easiest way to fix this, rather than adjusting the door frame is to trim the door. How you fix the problem will depend on what you find when surveying your door: Place the pin back into the hinge and tap it into place with your hammer. You might have to wedge a flathead screwdriver between the head of the pin and top of the hinge. If the problem has developed in the past few years or months, it can be caused by the settling of the wall or floor, sometimes the entire will be off jamb if it has settled. If you have found that the door has always swung, then the jamb could have been installed slightly off vertical in the first place. Failing that, the final fix to try is moving the door stop the thin piece of wood in the frame that stops the door so the fit gets tighter.
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