Door Maintenance

Our door maintenance tips can help you keep your home cost efficient, safe & cozy.

How to Stop a Storm Door from Icing Up

Here’s why your screen door might be icing up on and how to prevent it.

Read these 8 things you can do yourself to keep warm inside your home.

Close the gap in your door to stay free from drafts, eliminate air leaks, and maintain energy efficiency.

Read these 8 steps for how to repair your broken sliding door.

See how This Old House general contractor Tom Silva tightens up and pares down a door swelled by summer's humidity

Try these antisagging remedies, arranged in order from easiest to most difficult

Go from sticky to smooth in a few easy steps

If you have to slam a door to get it to stay closed, you probably have a very fixable problem with its strike plate.

If a door sags because the hinge holes are stripped, you can use dowels to save the day.

The key to keeping your new screen from sagging or drooping

Getting the alignment right on a deadbolt can be problematic — solve it with a kiss

One simple step to making an existing hole bigger

A hole saw won't do you any good. Try this

Make the right cut for out-of-square windows and doors