Keeping Door Closed

Charlie S. · 2005-01-15T17:55:28+00:00

I apologize in advance if this is off topic. I did a number of searches this is the closest I could find to what I am looking for. (Please recommend another ng if it is. Thanks!)This is my problem. We have a door that goes from the house into a cold, non-heated breezeway. We have to open and shut the door whenever we go to the cellar to do the laundary. Unfortunately, the door does not stay shut as the gap between the door and sides are a bit too wide. I would imagine the door is not alligned right either.To compansate for this problem we stick a dish towel in between the door and the sides to give it enough friction to hold. Then, when we come back upstairs we lock the door with a bolt and don't need the towel any longer.Over the years the people at Home Depot and others have recommended putting a strip of insulation type stripping between the door and side. I have had some success, but the gap is too narrow and eventually the strip comes off because of excess friction due the narrowness of gap. This is an old door so the gap is probably not equal everywhere.My question, is there any other materials I could put between the door to increase the friction besides these weather type strippings? They are generally about 1/8-1/4 inch I presume. And, they always come undone. If I had any woodworking ability I would work on setting the hinges right, but to be honest I wouldn't have a clue on how to do that.Thanks for any feedback and sorry if I offend anyone if I posted in the wrong ng.Charlie

Jan 15, 2005 20 Replies

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George E. Cawthon 21 years ago

Oops. missed where he said the latch wasn't coming out.

Not around my house, I haven't lived in a house with that type of lock for over 40 years. We call them antiques!

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