Door hard to open and close, handle loose

Question

My flat’s front wooden door has become swollen and is very hard to open and close. When I pull the door open from the inside, it often sticks, and I have to use a lot of force.

When I try to close it from the outside, it’s also difficult to pull shut properly. The handle has become loose after a previous emergency locksmith visit, they charged £300 but didn’t screw the handle back correctly.

Could a carpenter or joiner fix the door alignment and resecure the handle so it opens and closes smoothly again?

Jason · Answer

Hi probably needs tweaking , planing but not to much as it swells ,£150 no more 
Jay

Gintas · Answer

Hi. Wooden door have to be trimmed, and may require new door handle.

Charles · Answer

Hi Claudia. 
I am sorry to hear about your problems with your door. 
Doors are funny creatures and have a mind of their own.
It is necessary to understand doors and have experience dealing with them. Often, what appears to be the problem, is not the problem.
I have been asked to adjust many doors which have had work done on them, and hadn’t solved the problem. Usually because someone didn’t actually work out the problem before hand. 
I am not sure what a locksmith could do to a door other than deal with the lock.
I suggest, you use an experienced carpenter and get a quote before hand. Often, the door won’t close in bad weather due to wood expanding in damp conditions, but this may not be the problem.

Jamie · Answer

I would imagine what would need to happen is to take the door off and plane down wherever it needs reducing in size and then plug the holes for the hand and re-fix it on correctly.

George · Answer

Hi, Sounds like the door needs planing and lock needs looking at and as for cost about £50

Marc · Answer

Hey this could definitely be fixed by a joiner, a couple of pictures would be helpful to see the handle situation , where is your property cheers 
 Marc

David · Answer

If it is a wooden door it needs to be taken off and reduced (planed)down.
This normally requires the hinges to be removed, then a couple of mm planed off the hanging side of the door.The hinges then need chopping in by a couple of mm and then rehang. 
If its catching in the bottom then it needs reduced on the bottom of 5he door.

Door hard to open and close, handle loose

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