Around 18months ago, a new door frame plus fire door was installed for a bedroom. The hinge side of the frame, to the edge on of a stud and plaster-board wall. The latch side, to a flat brick internal wall.
Over time I noticed the hinge side of the frame had a developing gap between the frame and the skirting, also exposing un-papered wall edge.
The recent hot weather, progressed it much further, to the point where the frame has a very obvious twist at the bottom. I can jack it back to where it should be, with a scissor jack, but it spring straight back.
My guess is that it has maybe loosened the studding in the wall to which it was fixed. I cannot trace the original installer to get him back, but what can I do by way of a fix?
I was thinking of several ideas....
- a stout L shaped steel bracket, fixed to the wooden floor, to retain it.
- Drill through the frame and stud and put a screwed rod through to the next furthest stud in the wall.
Anything else I could do, without major disruption?