Stupid bathroom door

[KLF]

Been doing a complete facelift on the house lately, getting it ready to put it on the market. When I got to the bathroom, I carefully filled all the dents and holes in the trim, painted everything nice and pretty, then I took the door off to paint it. The old hinges were really rusty, so I tossed them and installed new shiny brass ones. Re-hung the door a few days later, and now it won't stay open. Put my 6' level on the jamb, and darned if it isn't waaay out of plumb, like over 1/2" from top to bottom. My guess is the old rusty hinges had enough friction in the pins that the door would stay put. But with new hinges, gravity is winning. It's a REAL PAIN to have the bathroom door constantly closing on it's own, especially since this is a very small bathroom, the door hits you in the back when you're standing at the sink.

I'm not ripping the jamb back out and shimming it, and spoiling my nice paint job on all the casings. Anybody know of a way to get a door to stay put? I tried pinching the hinges in a vice so they would drag on the pins, and it worked great... for about a week. Now it's back to the way it was. Argh!!

[annunaki]

A Thought Out Of The Box

What if you replaced the pins with threaded bolts and self locking nylon insert nuts, then experimented on how much to tighten them for desired drag?

[Tom Slick]

bend the pins slightly, it will create just a little more friction and hold the door open.

[OpaDC]

maybe couple of shims of some sort cut to fit? have to be super thin though but will change the plumb line and balance

[KLF]

bend the pins slightly, it will create just a little more friction and hold the door open.

maybe couple of shims of some sort cut to fit? have to be super thin though but will change the plumb line and balance

I'm gonna try both of these. I think the bolts & nuts will look kinda odd, but who knows...

[TheRic]

Try roughing up the hinges, the parts were they sit on each other / holds the pin. Also make sure all the oil is off.

[kramer katt]

bend the pins

putting a bend on one or two hinge pins is the old-timey carpenter's trick to fix this.
should work fine.
Just put a small bow into the pin as you still need to drive it back into the hinge.

[crokett]

Bend the hinge pin. I have a bedroom door that would not stay open. I bent 2 of the hinge pins and now it stays where I put it.

[KLF]

Thought I'd put up a postscript to my door problem. I had to put the final coat of paint on the jamb & trim the other day, so I had the door hinges off. When I reinstalled, I carefully traced and cut a shim about 1/8" thick and put it under the jamb side of the bottom hinge. This pushed the door a tiny bit closer to plumb, which was fine since there was ample room in the opening on the other side. But the other benefit is it threw the hinge pins out of alignment, essentially putting the door in a bind as it swings. The hinges seem to have enough flex that it's not a problem to absorb the mis-alignment.

Anyway, the door now stays where it's put. I'll resort to bending the pins if it doesn't last. Thanks for all the suggestions.