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Old 05-19-2012, 09:41 AM   #1
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Sticking bathroom door

For some time now our bathroom door has been sticking at the bottom. Thinking I night half to plane the door down, I checked and found that the wall between the bath and laundry was not connected to the floor. The hole wall moved back and forth 1/2 inch. The fix will be a small block of wood screwed to the floor and the wall in the washer room. Great Amish craftsmanship attack again.
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Old 05-19-2012, 11:06 AM   #2
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Wow. If our commode room door were dragging on the bottom it would be pretty drastic. There is over an inch gap there on ours.
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Old 05-19-2012, 12:29 PM   #3
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Our's is like Mike's. The gap is so high, the cats can stick their paws underneath.
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Old 05-19-2012, 06:23 PM   #4
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I didn't mean the bottom, I mean the bottom vertical side. The wall is not connected to the floor.
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Old 05-19-2012, 09:12 PM   #5
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Bob....my 07 Elite was the same. I drove a 3" finish nail 45 degrees through the door jam (about an inch from the floor) into the floor. After a year it started to let go so I did another one from the washer door jam and it was still holding after 3 more years when we sold it. There was definitely something missed in the construction. As mine was an 07. I guess it went on for a while.
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Old 05-19-2012, 09:43 PM   #6
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I would toe nail with 3 inch finish nail to anchor wall to floor. The crack at bottom of door is for return air for the air conditioning, otherwise you would not get proper cooling in toilet room.
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Old 05-20-2012, 08:01 AM   #7
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I think I'll just screw a L bracket inside the laundry wall and floor. I don't like nails, they work loose. Also a 3" nail into the floor? Do you know what's under the floor?
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Old 05-20-2012, 09:40 AM   #8
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Agree screws are best. The nail on mine came through the floor into the basement area just inside the basement door. Nothing for it to hit in there. What I should have done (but never did) was bend the sharp end over. That would have kept it from working loose. Good luck with your fix.
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Old 06-06-2012, 07:38 PM   #9
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Try a 3" [Finish] Drywall screw. They have a small head w/square drive. It will make a small hole that can be filled with putty. Go from the jamb side and it will adjust the return space for the door to jamb clearance.
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Old 09-27-2012, 08:04 AM   #10
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"The door expands and contracts with the changes in temperature and humidity"....

Are you saying that your door swells enough to cause a problem, and you'd like to be able to prevent the swelling due to humidity ?

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Old 09-27-2012, 04:35 PM   #11
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the only way this can happen if all wood parts are connected and solid would be the door fit too tight when built.
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Old 09-28-2012, 02:21 PM   #12
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I would consider going to the basement measure carefully and put a couple of screws straight up from the basement into the bottom of the wall. A couple near the door and one about a foot from the door to the outside wall.
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Old 10-09-2012, 12:03 PM   #13
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I would not be putting a screw from under the floor. That would be hard to determine where the wall is. A better idea, see photo. Line up the wall and add this.
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