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Carpentry Contractors and Door Adjustments on
Interior Doors, Trimming

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If you've noticed some of your doors being different than others. Maybe a waver or bow across the bottom, or the line of the door closed against the stop isn't touching. If so your door needs an adjustment.

This is a common problem and occurs namely on hollow core paneled units. Often the main cause is a raise in floor heights. As when new flooring like carpet is installed over an existing lower level like vinyl. Or tile which usually results in the raise of a floor height.

The doors need to be cut at the bottom to adjust for clearance. However the cut pieces are often not replaced and are just discarded. (these non-factory cuts are sometimes obvious on the bottom panels, showing out of square).

This cut is especially required in smaller openings like under stairwells but also in closet bifolds and some other areas. Some doors aren't manufactured to the dimensions to fit. But in any case the cuts do need to be put back in.

For this you may want to contact a carpenter, most of whom can replace these cuts.

lf you're having any new flooring installed, be sure check to see if the installer will put back any trimmings that need to be replaced.