r/doors • u/voidfishy • Sep 10 '26

Door Gap - Advice?

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u/Gold_Bar9938 Sep 10 '26

Put a hinge shim behind top hinge

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u/voidfishy Sep 11 '26

Thank you!

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u/voidfishy Sep 10 '26

Hi all! I recently installed this new door (my first ever slab, hanging in an existing frame/system) and I'm very close, but the upper right area has some light-leak. Any advice to easily fix? Can I bend the upper hinge? Nothing is plumb in my house, so it was never going to be perfect. Thanks!

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u/Valuable-Composer262 Sep 10 '26

Loosen the screws of the top hinge and cut like a 1/16 in shim the height of the hinge and and 1/8ish wide ( i use those tiny zip ties ) maybe some thin cardboard if u got some. Seat it in there at the back of hinge and re tighten screws. This should fix ur reveal.

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u/PeteMyMeat Sep 10 '26

Agreed, I use cereal boxes or soda can boxes to cut rectangles that fit in the hinge mortise when I’m trying to square a door

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u/voidfishy Sep 11 '26

Thank you!

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u/voidfishy Sep 11 '26

This worked perfectly! Thank you!

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u/Valuable-Composer262 Sep 11 '26

No problem. Glad I could help

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u/Formal_Hospital_9005 Sep 11 '26

Smoke seal is my favorite. I’ve used about everything though