Interior doors are often hollow with only 1 inch 2 54 cm of wood to stabilize the door.
Door suddenly dragging on floor.
If your door is a solid wood door you have more leeway in regards to how much wood you can remove.
Do not remove more than 1 4 to 1 2 of an inch 64 to 1 27 cm of wood.
Be careful not to cut the door too deep or too far.
The dragging door corner can scrape the floor or threshold.
Use a screwdriver to tighten the screws in the top hinge on the door and frame.
Set the pencil tip and compass point 1 8 in.
First run a piece of paper at the bottom of door to identify where is sticky.
Houses settle over time which often causes a door to sag inside its frame.
Plane the door with a belt sander.
If your door still sticks after you ve tried tightening and driving screws you ll have to remove the door and plane it.
A dragging corner makes a door difficult to open and close.
Over time these screws can work their way loose causing the bottom of the door to drag on the floor.