Front door seems to be leaning backwards. How to bring in

[ElCI]

Hi all

Today my front door randomly started having issues. The lock is one where you rotate a latch on internal side to lock (rather than use a key) and I've found that in final turn it's sticking badly, same applies when locking it unlocking from outside. I've checked with door open and it works fine so seems to be an alignment issue with the frame.

Looking from outside it looks the top of the door is pulled back from the frame, as if door is leaning backwards. When I pull this in manually it does lock a bit better. How do I adjust the hinges for this though? Most things I know relate to raising or lowering the door rather than brining in. Any advice much appreciated

 

[crank39]

There is no in out adjustment on these hinges, fyi it's an era challenger hinge.

It's more likely the door slab has warped in the sun because its grey not because of the hinges

 

[ElCI]

There is no in out adjustment on these hinges, fyi it's an era challenger hinge.

It's more likely the door slab has warped in the sun because its grey not because of the hinges

Hi thanks for the reply.

I've just been down to it and adjusted the recess that the upper locking pins go into and it seems to be locking a bit better now.

In terms of door itself being warped, does this basically mean a new door is required? I don't think it's that old (we've only moved in 6 months ago but don't think door is much more than maybe 5 years old)

 

[crank39]

Yeah they'll warp within 5 years for sure being a dark colour especially if south facing, east or west you might get a few more years, north is a safe bet