Identify which of the doors is active and which is the stationary door.
Gap in french doors.
Over time your french doors can begin to sag and open a small space between the tops of the doors and the jamb.
If only one door will open regularly.
Place nails about every 5 inches.
Cover the nail heads with wood putty and sand them smooth.
The best way is to add an asterical strip to the outside of.
With two doors in an opening you need to back bevel each door about 5 degrees.
This is so the two meeting corners do not touch each other.
Open and close the active door to see which way it swings.
Step 3.
If the gap is a half inch or so then you bring the 2 doors closer together by shimming the hinges with sandpaper.
Over time the screws on your hinges may come loose and cause your doors to sag.
Stand on the side of the active door where you.
That s the extra piece attached to the stationary door where the 2 doors meet in the middle it allows for the stationary door to bolt into the frame top and bottom and also has a lip to stop the moving door and cover the gap between the doors.
The problem seems to be the astragal in these older french doors.
Use the type of screwdriver that matches the heads on the hinge screws.
Nail it to one of the doors using small wood nails so that it overlaps the other door by about one half inch covering the gap.
Tighten all of the screws in each hinge with a screwdriver.
This adjustment works well if you have a gap between the french doors or the latch mechanism doesn t connect.
That s the easier way.
Do this on both doors.
Paint the entire french door set including the insulated molding for a professional finished look.
How to cover a crack between french doors step 1.
Step 2.
Open both of the french doors to expose the screws holding the hinges in place.
The constant opening and closing of the doors can cause the hinge screws to loosen.