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Door frame is a few inches too wide?

David Britton
2 years ago
last modified: 2 years ago

I had new carpets installed and had to take old doors that were too poor condition to dump and salvaged a few. I though id re-hang one where part of basement thats unfinsished meets the finished part , there was a door previous but this one was tall enogh nice clearance top/bottom, but when i hung it i noticed..hmm its about 2 inches too narrow on latch side. so i took the door stop strip, and strike plate off and notched out the top stop strip . i cut a piece of lumber to fill the gap so its down to bout 1 inch, if i just re-attach door stop and notch out strike plate slot will this suffice. i mean i mock checked it and it all just about fits pretty good. i just am asking if im not seeing some unforseen issue with this mehtod?




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