Glass Door Closes Crooked

Hold door hinge against cardboard and use utility knife to cut around hinge.

Glass door closes crooked.

Align it in the bottom track and then tilt it up. Correcting the issue improves your door s operation. Flatly position the turnbuckle by the bottom corner of the door. The last ditch effort fix for the problem is to remove the door from the hinges and sand away at the trouble corner.

Close door and check the spacing at the top and latch side of the door. Keep an eye on the door trim as you tighten. Continue tightening and checking until the door no longer sticks. Remove appropriate hinge from door and jamb.

This is guaranteed to fix your problem but requires a lot of work. In most cases having a crooked door means that it no longer closes smoothly. Close the door to check the fit. 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.

Reattach the head stop first otherwise it could fall out. Roll the door toward the latch side jamb then turn the adjustment screws until the door is parallel with the jamb. If you begin to create gaps at the trim joints stop. Determine which hinge must be shimmed to adjust door and create even spacing.

Other times the hinges or latch on the storm door aren t screwed in tightly. When your storm door won t close all the way you can often make some simple adjustments to correct the situation. 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.