warped pitch pine doors

[Anonymous]

Hi all,
I am renovating a 1920s Irish semi and got hold of a set of original pitch pine doors from a strip shop. On hanging, I found two of them warped so they won't close properly. What is the best remedy you can recommend?

Thanks,
Keith.

 

[Anonymous]

You can carefully remove the door frame jams and reposition them to follow the curvature of the doors.

If they get damaged just replace them with new thinner ones and paint them.

As the doors are old and set in their shape, there is not very much you can do.

 

[Anonymous]

If you're a patient person, this sometimes works:

Stick a wedge behind the corner of the door that hits the jamb first, and then carefully force the door closed so that it latches. (Don't overdo it so that anything cracks) This will effectively "warp" it in the opposite direction to the way it is now. Provided you can leave it like this for an extended period (could be weeks) you should find that it will straighten out. Keep checking it, though, to make sure it doesn't go too far.