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fixing a bent door

 
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Hopefully this is the right forum to ask this. I'm lucky to have a nice little tiny house, a picture of which from the inside is shown in the attachments. I wanted to share this picture because my question is about the glass door that you see in the picture. The wooden frame of the door is somewhat bent inside in its bottom-left corner. So when I close the door, about an inch of gap remains in the bottom-left corner. Assuming that I do not want to replace/rebuild this door just because of this small problem, what can be my options about fixing it. Is there a way to unbend and it make it straight?

Thanks for any opinion.
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Not that I am full of great ideas, but a close up picture or two of the problem area would probably help someone.  Great looking house!
 
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Your tiny house is so cute!

I would like to give you my two cent suggestion:

I would get four 2 x 4 that are the length of the door.

Using a four vice my suggestion would be to carefully attach the 2 x 4 two on each side of the door.  Carefully not to break the glass.

Then use a hair dryer to heat the metal and adjust the vise to carefully straighten the door.  Be careful not to break the glass.

I hope if you find a solution you will share it with the forum.

 
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Enlarging the photo (which could be distorted), it appears that the pre-fabricated door frame may not be plumb. The door itself looks like it has been physically pulled down when open so the gap between the floor and the inside bottom corner of the door may not create such a large gap. Pulling the door down when open creates the gap that the OP mentioned.
Rather than bend the frame or door, start by getting some string and making a plumb bob by tying a weight to the string. Tape your plumb bob to the top corner of the hinged side of the door and see if the whole door and frame is set properly. Take a picture of the distance from the weighted end of your plumb bob from the hinged side of the door. The frame may need to be moved toward the inside of the (adorable) house.
 
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Plumb Bob. You really don't need to go buy anything.

 
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If the door was manufactured and not fabricated on site, the likelihood that it is not square is small, especially one with a glass insert.  Take a string and run it diagonally from corner, diagonally, to corner.  The measurement will confirm if true or out of square.  (opposite diagonals of a rectangle will have exact lengths.)

Typically what happens when a door is not square is it is not been mounted properly in the frame and not the door itself 'out'.  I learned a trick from a home inspector a long time ago that stuck with me.  If you have ever seen a 'wonderbar', it is a framer's crowbar.  Take the end of the wonderbar and insert it under the frame on the side of the door that is 'low'.  step on the bar until the frame raises to 'level' with a spirit level.  It does not have to be perfect, just within your tolerance of sqaure.



With a tiny house the larger issue might be the foundation is not level causing the house frame to flex.  If you find other doors that are not square of windows that are 'sticky', you may need to level/shim the foundation.  
 
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