The fix should last for years.
Fix door that swings open.
Close the door and stand on the side where the hinges are visible.
Tap the screwdriver with the hammer until the pin pops up from the hinge and can be removed by hand.
Take them into the room and close the door.
But you don t need to take the door down and go through the hassle of disassembling everything just to adjust the frame and learn how to stop a door won t stay open.
If the top hinge is to the left or right of the bottom hinge the door is going to swing in the direction of the top hinge.
How to fix a door that swings shut step 1.
Grab a hammer a few scraps of wood a large nail and a shim.
Reinsert the pin.
This will stop the door from swinging open or closed by itself.
To fix a door that swings open by itself you could take the time to disassemble the entire door and frame and then rehang it ensuring it was plumb.
Remove the door jamb by cutting the nails behind jamb with reciprocating saw or hacksaw blade.
How to fix a door that opens by itself 1.
Open the door and check that the hinge pins are seated all the way within the hinge.
The goal is to restore the hinges to plumb.
Remove the door casing decorative trim around door.
When the hinges are plumb the door should remain in whatever position it is placed.
Open the door step in to the opening and turn to face the hinges.
Remove the pin by placing a screwdriver under the middle hinge.
Then bend the pin slightly with a firm whack.
If not align the hinge.
Or you close it to within an inch of the frame and it swings itself open.
Slide a shim between the jamb and the door on the.
Stick the shim loosely between the door and the jamb to hold the door in position when you drive out the upper hinge pin.
The easiest fix is to remove your middle hinge pin and put a slight bend in it.
You can do this in under 1 minute.
Remove the pin from the top hinge by holding a large nail against the base of the pin at the bottom of the hinge and.
Use a screwdriver to tighten the screws attaching the hinges to the door and the door frame.
We all have these kinds of doors you open it and it swings itself mostly shut.
Reinstall jamb and door so that it is plumb and level in both directions then reinstall casing.
If the door starts swinging again just bend the pins again.
When i say slight that means a barely noticeable bend.