Door Suddenly Dragging On Floor

First run a piece of paper at the bottom of door to identify where is sticky.

Door suddenly dragging on floor.

Houses settle over time which often causes a door to sag inside its frame. A dragging corner makes a door difficult to open and close. Plane the door with a belt sander. If your door is a solid wood door you have more leeway in regards to how much wood you can remove.

Here s a quick 20 minutes diy task to fix a door that is sticky. Interior doors are often hollow with only 1 inch 2 54 cm of wood to stabilize the door. Do not remove more than 1 4 to 1 2 of an inch 64 to 1 27 cm of wood. Over time these screws can work their way loose causing the bottom of the door to drag on the floor.

Apart and run the point along the jamb. Be careful not to cut the door too deep or too far. The dragging door corner can scrape the floor or threshold. Masking tape makes the pencil line easy to see.