Door catching on floor

RajaStyle

Hi All

The bathroom door is slightly catching on the floor tile as it opens and shuts. 

I actually think the tile by the entrance has lifted ever so slightly by couple of degrees not really enough to be visible but felt when running a finger across, but think it will be a bigger job to fix. Not sure what that would entail. 

Novice in diy

So just wondering the best way to sand the bottom of the door where it is catching.  Should I buy a mouse sander, orbital sander or can it done by hand and sanding block also what level of sanding paper to use.

Any advice / tips appreciated

Many thanks. 

MikeJXE

You could use a rise and fall hinge 

https://www.screwfix.com/p/self-colour-rising-butt-hinges-76-x-71mm-2-pack/471PR?kpid=471PR&ds_rl=1244072&gclid=CjwKCAjw36GjBhAkEiwAKwIWyUYOKmNUQFOIuZCCqP9EaZWpJRgwEaiCrk_l1Ar63HdzcAeeSQt4GxoC_WsQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

RajaStyle

MikeJXE said:

You could use a rise and fall hinge 

https://www.screwfix.com/p/self-colour-rising-butt-hinges-76-x-71mm-2-pack/471PR?kpid=471PR&ds_rl=1244072&gclid=CjwKCAjw36GjBhAkEiwAKwIWyUYOKmNUQFOIuZCCqP9EaZWpJRgwEaiCrk_l1Ar63HdzcAeeSQt4GxoC_WsQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

Thanks do you mind explaining how this would work? Do you lift as you open? 

35har1old

MikeJXE said:

You could use a rise and fall hinge 

https://www.screwfix.com/p/self-colour-rising-butt-hinges-76-x-71mm-2-pack/471PR?kpid=471PR&ds_rl=1244072&gclid=CjwKCAjw36GjBhAkEiwAKwIWyUYOKmNUQFOIuZCCqP9EaZWpJRgwEaiCrk_l1Ar63HdzcAeeSQt4GxoC_WsQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

Is there much of a space between the head of the door and frame?
If the door catches immediately you open it and if there is not much of a gap between head of  door and frame rise and fall hinges will not cure the  problem 
As you have to take the door of to fit the hinges which will likely not match with you other hinges it would be much simpler to plane a bit of the bottom of door.

ThisIsWeird

It's quite hard to 'sand' a door like this - they are usually pretty solid. More often, the bottom is planed first, then smoothed off with sandpaper. To sand off, say, 1mm, would take some doing. 

It might instead be possible to lift the whole door by a couple of mm, but the door's clearance in its frame would have to allow this. But, in essence, it would involve trimming the rebate the hinge sits in by the required amount, say 2mm, to allow the hinge to move slightly, and then to fill the hinge screw holes with strips of timber, with the screws then being replaced at its edge to suit.

But if you wish to sand, then the best machine to remove enough material is a belt sander. Start with coarse 80 or 60 grit.

If a 'mouse' sander will actually be a useful tool for you, then it'll get you there, but will take some doing. I guess you could also buy a 'surform'  and use that carefully first, then finish with the mouse. You can buy cheap ones as Screwfix et al. 

Alderbank

As above, the traditional way to solve this problem is to take the door off and plane a few mm from the bottom.

If you don't want to, or can't take the door off you can use a multi saw to cut a slice off the bottom of the door without removing it. I have done this a few times.

km1500

Forget sandpaper - you need to plane it

Mutton_Geoff

ThisIsWeird said:

It's quite hard to 'sand' a door like this - they are usually pretty solid. More often, the bottom is planed first, then smoothed off with sandpaper. To sand off, say, 1mm, would take some doing. 

It might instead be possible to lift the whole door by a couple of mm, but the door's clearance in its frame would have to allow this. But, in essence, it would involve trimming the rebate the hinge sits in by the required amount, say 2mm, to allow the hinge to move slightly, and then to fill the hinge screw holes with strips of timber, with the screws then being replaced at its edge to suit.

But if you wish to sand, then the best machine to remove enough material is a belt sander. Start with coarse 80 or 60 grit.

If a 'mouse' sander will actually be a useful tool for you, then it'll get you there, but will take some doing. I guess you could also buy a 'surform'  and use that carefully first, then finish with the mouse. You can buy cheap ones as Screwfix et al. 

The best machine is not a sander but a plane.

You can plane off as little as a fraction of a mm or loads in 2mm slices.

https://www.screwfix.com/p/titan-ttb930pln-2mm-electric-planer-240v/593vv

ThisIsWeird

Mutton_Geoff said:

ThisIsWeird said:

It's quite hard to 'sand' a door like this - they are usually pretty solid. More often, the bottom is planed first, then smoothed off with sandpaper. To sand off, say, 1mm, would take some doing. 

It might instead be possible to lift the whole door by a couple of mm, but the door's clearance in its frame would have to allow this. But, in essence, it would involve trimming the rebate the hinge sits in by the required amount, say 2mm, to allow the hinge to move slightly, and then to fill the hinge screw holes with strips of timber, with the screws then being replaced at its edge to suit.

But if you wish to sand, then the best machine to remove enough material is a belt sander. Start with coarse 80 or 60 grit.

If a 'mouse' sander will actually be a useful tool for you, then it'll get you there, but will take some doing. I guess you could also buy a 'surform'  and use that carefully first, then finish with the mouse. You can buy cheap ones as Screwfix et al. 

The best machine is not a sander but a plane.

You can plane off as little as a fraction of a mm or loads in 2mm slices.

https://www.screwfix.com/p/titan-ttb930pln-2mm-electric-planer-240v/593vv

Absolutely. 

But this is a novice-DIY fellow. 

GrubbyGirl_2

Might be just as cheap to get a local Handyman (or woman) to come and do it if you're not confident

FFHillbilly

what sort of door is it? if it's a hollow one, taking off and sanding/planing and refitting will be quite easy for a DIY novice
if it's a solid door, I wouldn't attempt it without 2 people and at least some experience. also sanding an oak door will take forever so you'd have to use a plane of a saw