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Digit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-23-05 02:15 AM
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Warped door frame?
I had a replacement storm door installed 5 years ago and along with the installation, they wrapped my frame in almond colored aluminum to go with the frames around my replacement windows.
Now I find I cannot close the storm door all the way..in fact it is about 3 inches short of closing.
It is a heavy door and I want to keep it.

My home is on some expansive clay and will shift depending on how much moisture is in the ground. I am pretty certain this is the cause, but I don't know the remedy.

I don't want to call the company back to fix it as I was unhappy with them for other reasons.
Any ideas?
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Stinky The Clown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-24-05 05:23 PM
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1. If you're not comfortable with what could turn out to be a big job
Try to find a handyman.

If you can't, see if you you or anyone esle knows a real estate agent. They all have contacts with handymen who do repairs for cleints in prepration for selling a house.

Generally, these guys are pretty amazing at jobs like this. The downside is, they only have a reputation .... not a license, so look for references.
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Digit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-24-05 05:44 PM
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2. I will check with my handyman
Thanks
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lovelaureng Donating Member (434 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-24-05 05:53 PM
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3. Here is my guesstimate,
the problem could be the fact they wrapped the door frame with the almond colored aluminum. I would start there by taking it off to see if that makes any difference in closing the door. Let me know how it goes for you.
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