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Exterior Door Width is Shorter than Jamb

Home Improvement Asked by alflashy on November 28, 2020

I have an exterior door with a large gap to the strike-side jamb. When closed I can see a 1/4" inch gap from top to bottom. Fortunately the dead bolt works but the latch bold is just hanging in there. It’s as basement door and I am need to fix it before casing it.

I was thinking of adding 1/4" strip on strike plate side to make jamb smaller but not sure if that right way to do it. Try to search on line but was not able to find answer for my specific issue.

Also, thinking about weather strip that I may need to take out and replace it back on top of new 1/4" strip and what about outer side. Do I need to add the strip on outer side too?

One Answer

Unless I am mis-understanding what you are calling the door jamb. The door jamb is the vertical strip nailed to the door casing to provide the door stop when closing. It would be easy to replace the jamb with a thicker piece one (about 3/8" thicker). I would not shim the jamb.

Weatherstrip is normally added on the exterior side of the door.

Answered by Programmer66 on November 28, 2020

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