Door Gap Serious?

[Guitar_man]

Hi, ive noticed this on semi detached 1930s property.

The door gap is on the front room, on the internal wall between the hall and the living room. Some small cracks/nothing major eminiating from the doors on the internal wall.

There is also a large crack on the front bay window upper bedroom, front elevation. No obvious cracks on outside render, however may of been re-rerendered. The windows have been replaced with upvc.

Are they connected? Is this likely to be settlement or subsidence, any ideas/comments appreciated. Thanks.

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[joinerjohn]

I notice the door is hung on rising butt hinges. Looks like it was hung wrongly. The joiner has put the clearance on the wrong side of the door.

 

[Guitar_man]

I notice the door is hung on rising butt hinges. Looks like it was hung wrongly. The joiner has put the clearance on the wrong side of the door.

AH, so you are saying a gap of that size is normal on that type of door?

Thanks!

 

[Guitar_man]

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[Deluks]

The hinges are designed to raise the door up as it opens. This means extra clearance is required between door and frame to accomodate the rise. So yes normal. Basically if something seems off and the frame is ok then the door is fitted wrong.

The window bay cracks are almost certainly due to the upvc installation. Either the upper bay wasn't supported properly during installation, or the new window below wasn't designed to take the load of the wall above. A common issue though and not one to get unduly concerned about.
Cracks appearing in the glass or hard to shut windows are another sure sign of this.

 

[Static]

Just to be on the safe side tho check other doors in the property.. if they all have a similar gap then you may have something a little more serious than a bad fitting..
Out of curiousity does that door often slam shut, perhaps when the front door is open and a little tho breaze pushes it?

 

[ukguy1]

my mother lives in a farmhouse where every door is like this, it looks like the top of the door has sagged even though the bottom is still straight with the floor.