cabanalane

It seems like all my bedroom and bath doors are now ajar. New construction 6 years old. It seems like only in the last year did ALL the doors seem to be ajar naturally. Prior to last year, all the doors would not have a natural preference to open or closed. Where I left if, it is where it is. Now, it seems like all the doors go toward the half way spot ajar. If I want it to stay open, I have to block it. It's not one door, it's all doors are doing this.

The hinges are all standard 4 screws on each side of the hinge (the best I could describe it) like all the doors you seen. Nothing special. And I don't see where I can adjust it.
The doors are fiberglass or whatever the new materials are so they are not heavy at all.

What's going on? Is the foundation shifting? The grade of the land is flat. Maybe slightly for drainage, but we can all it flat.

doopstr

If all the screws are tight it means that the house settled and now the door frames are not plumb. Put a level on the frame and you will see. To adjust you need to take the molding off of the door frame and then adjust it a little bit with shims. It's a bit of a pain in the ass. If your house is under warranty make the builder fix it.

For the hell of it put a level on your wall and see if it's plumb. I have one wall in my house that is not plumb. It was a real pain in the ass for me to install new doors and avoid the problem you have.

rza49311

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This doesn't fix the problem but is more of a workaround. I don't see any door stop on that door, could you just get one with a magnet?

http://www.amazon.com/Get-Organized-.../dp/B000A7OOZ0

thunder04

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^ OK, that's cool. I may buy some of these. I wonder how strong the magnet is...will it work on solid wood doors (I have two).

Sorry I don't have any advice. I have the same problem, except my house is 18 years old. I've been using left over pavers as doorstops .

Moog-Type-S

Simple fix:

Take the pins out of one or two of the hinges.....on at a time is the easiest way....you don't need to take the door entirely off the hinges.

Take the pin to a vice, or just prop them up against something like a block or a concrete curb. Hit them gently with a hammer so that you bend the middle portion of the pin SLIGHTLY.
If you bend it too much you wont be able to get the pin back into the hinge.

Now that the pin is SLIGHTLY bent in the middle tap it with a hammer back into the hinge. It should fit more snugly into the hinge than before.

The end result is that the door will now stay where you leave it...in any position.

fsttyms1

This works very well, especially if the door sits square in the jamb

rza49311

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That particular one on Amazon I'm not sure about(linked it mainly for illustration) but a buddy has one from Lowes and its has a very powerful magnet.