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    Door frames out of plumb

    No occasion to get nasty ! Obviously my question and BA's complex response doesn't translate too well from the way we describe things here.
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    Door frames out of plumb

    Fair go mate ! We're talking 11 doors here. Surely there's a simple way of fixing the problem. Can anyone tell me which hinge to adjust ? If not, I'll bite the bullet and get a chippy to fix them.
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    Door frames out of plumb

    Your assumptions are correct pinenot - the frame is 'out of wind'. The way we construct a door frame here in Australia is to place parallel studs on either side of the opening and a stud at the top. We then nail a jamb on top of the studs (to prevent the door from swinging through the opening)...
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    Door frames out of plumb

    No, BA's correct - I think the problem is me not quite understanding BA's solution. If you close the doors and stand behind them the top corner on the handle side sits out about 7mm (on average) making the doors look like they're warped (which they aren't). On one particular door I've tried...
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    Door frames out of plumb

    No quite sure I folllow, Big all. I think I'll take a photo of one of the doors so you can see what I'm talking about. :?
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    Door frames out of plumb

    I'm rehanging all my internal doors as they were hung using non-rebated hinges (cheats hinges) and are crooked. While renovating I've discovered that whoever built this house didn't own a spirit level. As a result not one of the door frames is plumb and all my newly hung doors hang with a...
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