Glass Door Closes Crooked

Keep an eye on the door trim as you tighten.

Glass door closes crooked.

Correcting the issue improves your door s operation. Remove appropriate hinge from door and jamb. One edge rubs and it makes it hard to close or open the door. It s rare but you might find that you can t draw in a hinge at all because the jamb is already tight against the framing or shims.

If you begin to create gaps at the trim joints stop. When your storm door won t close all the way you can often make some simple adjustments to correct the situation. Sometimes it s an issue with the closing mechanism. Flatly position the turnbuckle by the bottom corner of the door.

In most cases having a crooked door means that it no longer closes smoothly. Reattach the head stop first otherwise it could fall out. It should extend diagonally below the side that opens then all the way up to the side of the hinge. Continue tightening and checking until the door no longer sticks.

Open and close the door to make sure that the turnbuckle isn t blocking the door seal then mark its screw holes with a pencil. Hold door hinge against cardboard and use utility knife to cut around hinge. Other times the hinges or latch on the storm door aren t screwed in tightly. This is guaranteed to fix your problem but requires a lot of work.

Determine which hinge must be shimmed to adjust door and create even spacing. Roll the door toward the latch side jamb then turn the adjustment screws until the door is parallel with the jamb. Close the door to check the fit.