Saggy….doors?

Jalloway

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Jun 12, 2022
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Ok we’ve all been there… after a while our doors get saggy and a bit hard to open and close. What do we do? Noninvasive door lift. Also known as, I used up scrap crap. Good news is, adding crossbars really does help. Ideally you want corner to corner, but my scrap crap wasn’t long enough.
 

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Ok we’ve all been there… after a while our doors get saggy and a bit hard to open and close. What do we do? Noninvasive door lift. Also known as, I used up scrap crap. Good news is, adding crossbars really does help. Ideally you want corner to corner, but my scrap crap wasn’t long enough.

Good job!

Those old-fashioned screen door turnbuckles work too. :)
 
When this has happened on my doors, I simply use a piece of wire for tension to pull it square -- install a screw in opposite corners, prop door up from sagging, loop wire around the two screws so you at least have doubled up wire, tie them together and then take a screwdriver and twist it in the center, if there's a center bar put a screw through the loop created by the screwdriver so it can't untwist. Basically like a turnbuckle and cable/rod, but simple DIY style with some baling wire, fence wire, etc. Currently have this on 3 gates and it works well for me.
 

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