Door catching on floor

Simonon77

If its only catching a little bit, there is a simple way of doing it without removing the door. Get some 40 grit sandpaper, slide it under the door, then open and close the door over the bit of sandpaper over and over ( you may need to open the door to an area where there is space to get the sandpaper under ) . This can often remove enough to give you clearance. Once it clears a bit, you can put some card under the sandpaper to raise it up a bit and then use the same method to remove more.

The proper way is to take the door off and plane it of course, but the method above can work as a quick fix for DIY amateurs and saves removing the door and buying tools

binao

GrubbyGirl_2 said:

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

Or you could get a new made to measure door.

ThisIsWeird

Simonon77 said:

If its only catching a little bit, there is a simple way of doing it without removing the door. Get some 40 grit sandpaper, slide it under the door, then open and close the door over the bit of sandpaper over and over ( you may need to open the door to an area where there is space to get the sandpaper under ) . This can often remove enough to give you clearance. Once it clears a bit, you can put some card under the sandpaper to raise it up a bit and then use the same method to remove more.

The proper way is to take the door off and plane it of course, but the method above can work as a quick fix for DIY amateurs and saves removing the door and buying tools

Got to be worth a try

A full A4 sheet, slipped under where the door can still swing, and coming to the 'sticking' part, a foot on each end to keep it in place, then gentle swings of the door, building up as wear takes place. If the contact point is small, then this should work fine. If the whole door bottom needs doing, not so much...

FreeBear

If the door has dropped slightly on the hinges or gone "out of square", tighten up the screws holding the hinges in place. Then with the door almost closed, grab the door handles from both sides, and give it a lift. This might be enough to stop the door catching on the floor assuming it is the bit just below the handles.

Failing that, the door will need to come off and the bottom edge trimmed - They recommend around a 10mm gap to allow for air circulation. Careful use of a circular saw will achieve that.

stuart45

You can also hire door trimmers for around £20 and do them insitu, but for one door I'd take it off.

plumb1_2

I suspect with it being in a bathroom the door has swelled rather than the floor tile lifting.
Firstly check the hinges are not worn and allowing the door to drop. If hinges ok, then buy a small block plane and shave the bottom of the door. Before taking the door off get a pencil and run the pencil along the floor so it makes a mark on the door about 2/3mm then shave down the door to the pencil mark.
Or get a handyman to do it for £40 approximate.

lifting the door up might also involve altering the latch receiver.

TELLIT01

Are any of your work colleagues good at DIY?  If so, one of them might be willing to do it for you.  To buy the tool to do the job isn't cheap if you won't use it again.

breaking_free

Simonon77 said:

If its only catching a little bit, there is a simple way of doing it without removing the door. Get some 40 grit sandpaper, slide it under the door, then open and close the door over the bit of sandpaper over and over ( you may need to open the door to an area where there is space to get the sandpaper under ) . This can often remove enough to give you clearance. Once it clears a bit, you can put some card under the sandpaper to raise it up a bit and then use the same method to remove more.

The proper way is to take the door off and plane it of course, but the method above can work as a quick fix for DIY amateurs and saves removing the door and buying tools

^ This. I've done it myself when a bathroom door was catching just a little on the tiles. A few minutes' work and job done. Any non-DIYer can do this.

RajaStyle

Simonon77 said:

If its only catching a little bit, there is a simple way of doing it without removing the door. Get some 40 grit sandpaper, slide it under the door, then open and close the door over the bit of sandpaper over and over ( you may need to open the door to an area where there is space to get the sandpaper under ) . This can often remove enough to give you clearance. Once it clears a bit, you can put some card under the sandpaper to raise it up a bit and then use the same method to remove more.

The proper way is to take the door off and plane it of course, but the method above can work as a quick fix for DIY amateurs and saves removing the door and buying tools

Thanks All some really good info been provided I think I will try this one first as breaking_free has also said it worked, failing that the pencil line info by plumb1_2 was good info and may do that as the 2nd option it is a hollow door so not heavy.

Thanks so much all really apprecaited.

plumb1_2

Also if you have a fine toothed  saw you can gently saw the bottom of the door while it’s in place , saw between floor tiles and door, maybe put some masking tape over the ceramic floor tiles before sawing. But generally ceramic tiles don’t scratch easily.