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New insulation came right up to the edge of the frame, so he built out the frame by an inch with new timber. That the bit on the right that the hinges were attached to.
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Can you not take it down, shim the frame he added so it's plum and put the door back on, or maybe ask if he would. If you have a spirit level you can check the frame to see how far out it is and in which direction.
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I think it’s perfectly ok to ask the guy who fitted it why it is the way it is.
Be careful not to sound like a cunt though.
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The two sides of the frame have to be pretty much on the same plane for the door to look right when it’s closed. He could have set the new half of the frame plumb to avoid it closing by itself, but when the door was closed the top of the frame on the left would have not been flush with the door and the doorstop would need to be set diagonally in the door frame.
Hard to explain.
This situation is common in older houses where walls, windows and doors are no longer plumb.If I have a tricky job that I realise may not reach a client’s expectation, I try to explain why things are the way they are.
A lot of tradesmen have a ‘never explain, never apologise’ credo however.
Airhead
absurdbird
I don’t understand what this means
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It closes itself because the existing doorframe/lining isn’t plumb.
If the hinges are not in line vertically a door will with either stay open or close itself.