Door Hanging Tips

I have a door that swings shut. how do I prevent that?

Lyndon.
I have a column on this website that tells in detail how to solve this. You bend a hinge pin.

Pre-make your shims from toilet roll tube.

Pierce the shim using a hinge as a template then cut from one side to give a comb effect.

Now when you finally adjust the door you just need to partially indo the screws and then slide the shim between the hinge and the door.

Tighten the screws and you have made a very small adjustment to the way the door hangs.

Use as many shims as required.

- Easy!

My door is not plumb. There is about a 1/4 " gap from the door jam at the top hing and a 6/16" gap at the top of the door farest away from the hing. The screws of the hing are about 1/2 " long and all seem to be stripped.

Should I get longer screws to make sure I an screwing into the frame or just fit the stripped screw problem.

What about a door that swings open by itself?

I have a interior door which is 30inches wide the problem is the doorway is 32inches wide how can this be fixed my husband says to put a 2inche piece of wood at the hinges isay an 1inche each side can u help us

I would like to know the best way to adjust a door so that the reveal is equal all around. I have a larger gap at the top right, but the rest of the gaps are fairly even.