I would expect these to be quite popular around here but if you do a
search on the subject San Antonio is a place that has a lot of problems
with adobe soil and doors out-of-kilter. I ran into a door installer
once at Home Depot who told me the problem was so bad on his house that
he had to adjust the doors 4 times a year. A cement foundation
supposedly helps and of course this house doesn't have one. I also
drilled two sets of holes for the front screen door latch bar bolts as
it needs to be raised and lowered for the latch to work. Really a pain.
On 09/22/2013 09:37 AM, doctordumb...@rocketmail.com wrote:
Thanks for the tip, and that the issue is the soil, makes sense - I am
definitely installing one of these.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com>
wrote:
That's the adobe soil around here. It would get so bad I would have
to go in and out by the garage door instead of the front door.
However last winter I put an adjustable door hinge on the front door
which has helped a lot and I think I'll order one for the door between
the kitchen and garage.
http://www.adjustabledoorhinge.com/
Some of the hardware stores around here have them too.
On 09/21/2013 07:36 PM, doctordumbass@...
<mailto:doctordumbass@...> wrote:
"After quite a stretch of dry weather we finally got some rain here in
the SF Bay Area. Now maybe my doors will work better."
Same here. During the summer, the door from the den to the deck needs
about 50 pounds of pressure to close it, so that the deadbolt will
engage. Then we get a few drops of rain, and it starts closing a lot
more easily. Very weird.
