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I’m renovating an old home and found the perfect door. A huge french door to fit the nearly 4′ wide opening that used to have 2 little doors.
I patched all the cracks and hardware holes, glazed all the new glass and hung it. Problem is its twisted.
Any ideas on how to straighten and old door? Tried just clamping to the frame for a few weeks and that had no effect. Who woulda thought, hahaha.
Thanks.
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Gil... you mean aside from takimg it apart? And is it TWISTED like a drill bit or bent like a banana? the only thing that comes to mind might be angle iron let into each edge, but that's only for a slight bend. I really think it would be best to take it apart and do it right to replace the offending parts.When you clamped it, was it bare wood? If so did you soak the concave side or member with water. Unless it's a bad cut of wood it's usually water that made it bend in the first place...use water to bend it back and keep it clamped till it's dry.Good Luck! Bill D. Quality Wood Chips
*Gil,You might try what Bill said. It's worth a try.Otherwise, move the stop to fit the door and accept it for what it is.....an old twisted up door.I've had squat luck "untwisting" doors.Ed.
*gil,Another method that will occasionally work is to put the door in 'purgatory'.If it's twisted, say, 2" in one direction you clamp it to a solid backer with a spacer to twist it 2" in the opposite direction. Damp it first and leave it for at least a week.
*gil ,...if you do the purgatory method make sure the wood is bare before you "damp" it so it will swell (accept the water) and correct the bend/twist.Good Luck! BillD.
*gil,... if you put the door in purgatory make sure the wood is bare so it can swell(accept the water) to correct the bend/twist. This should work for a bend I would not hold much hope for a twist. If it don't work move the stop or jamb to fit like Ed says and nobody will notice. Good Luck! Bill D.
*You could always do like they used to do on twisted barn doors in our part of the country. Put an eye bolt on each corner and run a piece of single stranded fence wire through the eye bolts and twist the wire to adjust the tension and take out the twist in the door. Of course, this is left permanently in place. You didn't say you wanted it to look nice, too, did you????
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I'm renovating an old home and found the perfect door. A huge french door to fit the nearly 4' wide opening that used to have 2 little doors.
I patched all the cracks and hardware holes, glazed all the new glass and hung it. Problem is its twisted.
Any ideas on how to straighten and old door? Tried just clamping to the frame for a few weeks and that had no effect. Who woulda thought, hahaha.
Thanks.