Is my front door too heavy for the hinges or...?

[ray1970]

Seems simple, but make sure you look at the hinge shape before you order so you don't end up with square corners trying to fit into rounded corners.

Meh. That?s what wood chisels are for.

[buffalobo]

More than likely painters never even knew those bearings were there(they are painters) and ignored it when noticed if they noticed.

I would call the painter, he needs take care of it and weather strip or refund you some money. No clue on your deal with painter but creating work and expense for you with out notice is BS.

Just calling local handyman could easily run $200+. Keep track your your time and matl.

Your painter took advantage of you.

[Mazin]

I agree with Lobo. I painted "professionally" for close to a decade and it sounds like they rushed finishing up or were just bad painters. Good luck getting anything out of them though. While your at depot get some thick paint sticks to use as a prop for under the door while you hang it, makes life and toes a bit happier.

[ray1970]

I would make a horrible painter. I wouldn?t even think of pulling doors off their hinges.

[Gman]

I would make a horrible painter. I wouldn?t even think of pulling doors off their hinges.

In that case, stay away from appliance delivery as well. ;-)

[Brian]

More than likely painters never even knew those bearings were there(they are painters) and ignored it when noticed if they noticed.

I would call the painter, he needs take care of it and weather strip or refund you some money. No clue on your deal with painter but creating work and expense for you with out notice is BS.

Just calling local handyman could easily run $200+. Keep track your your time and matl.

Your painter took advantage of you.

Yep agreed, and no worries there. They were honestly great to work with other than this, and I have no doubt they will make it right. We ended up pausing the work for a couple weeks due to a joint decision that probably complicated this whole thing. That being said, at this point I think I'd probably rather just do the fix myself given they were great at painting and not great at doors, LOL. They have some additional work coming up and we'll make sure they account for this one way or the other in the bill...

[FoxtArt]

Have you heard of the new hinge-less doors a millennial invented? Supposed to be the next big thing.

[Brian]

Seems simple, but make sure you look at the hinge shape before you order so you don't end up with square corners trying to fit into rounded corners.

Yeah I was poking around online earlier today and apparently the screw pattern, color, etc. I have is not super common. Figures. I'm sure I'll track it down eventually, but there's 100 or more bronze that have the "zig zag" pattern, but the only ones I've seen so far with this pattern are self-closing or squared off (not rounded) hinges. LOL.

[Brian]

Have you heard of the new hinge-less doors a millennial invented? Supposed to be the next big thing.

LOL, I dunno, maybe those would scare off more solicitors...?

[Brian]

Yeah I was poking around online earlier today and apparently the screw pattern, color, etc. I have is not super common. Figures. I'm sure I'll track it down eventually, but there's 100 or more bronze that have the "zig zag" pattern, but the only ones I've seen so far with this pattern are self-closing or squared off (not rounded) hinges. LOL.

I suppose I could just buy the same therma-tru hinges - they have local resellers according to the website, and there's probably nothing wrong with the hinges if they're used properly.