How To Fix French Doors That Won T Close

The fix will depend on what locking mechanism you ve chosen.

How to fix french doors that won t close.

There is no quick fix for a french door lock not working. Proceed to the next section if tightening and replacing screws did not fix your uneven french doors. Over time french doors will start to loosen in their frame and hang crooked making it difficult to open or close. Luckily leveling your doors is as easy as tightening or loosening your hinges until the doors are back in place.

Close the doors and inspect the alignment at the top edges and the seam where the doors meet. Step 1 determine the source of the problem whether the french doors are completely unable to open only stick intermittently or simply feel rather stiff you must examine them thoroughly to determine the cause of the problem. Open and close the doors individually. Where the doors stick will determine how you fix the problem.

Nine times out of ten if the lock is stuck or if the key won t turn enough to lock your doors it will be due to some sort of obstruction in the mechanism itself. Watch for the areas where the doors sticks particularly around the top and bottom of each door. The first and easiest thing to check is that all the hinge screws are tight. Open and close the doors together to check for sticking along the center where the two doors meet.

Solve the problem with a file a chisel and a dab of lipstick any shade will do. A wooden door that that sticks or won t close is usually fairly easy to fix. It may be that the edge of one of the doors hits the upper jamb the doors don t clear each other or the latch doesn t work. Close the doors to determine the problem.

The fix will depend on what locking mechanism you ve chosen. How to fix a door that won t stay closed when houses settle doors can settle along with them resulting in misaligned door latches.