Glass Door Closes Crooked

Close the door to check the fit.

Glass door closes crooked.

In most cases having a crooked door means that it no longer closes smoothly. Correcting the issue improves your door s operation. Reattach the head stop first otherwise it could fall out. The last ditch effort fix for the problem is to remove the door from the hinges and sand away at the trouble corner.

One edge rubs and it makes it hard to close or open the door. Hold door hinge against cardboard and use utility knife to cut around hinge. Sometimes it s an issue with the closing mechanism. Continue tightening and checking until the door no longer sticks.

This is guaranteed to fix your problem but requires a lot of work. Flatly position the turnbuckle by the bottom corner of the door. Close door and check the spacing at the top and latch side of the door. When your storm door won t close all the way you can often make some simple adjustments to correct the situation.

Determine which hinge must be shimmed to adjust door and create even spacing. Keep an eye on the door trim as you tighten. 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. It should extend diagonally below the side that opens then all the way up to the side of the hinge.

Other times the hinges or latch on the storm door aren t screwed in tightly. 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. Align it in the bottom track and then tilt it up.