Doors to wooden cages

[P. Novak]

That's righ the doors to my one of my wooden cages are becoming a pain in the a** to open. You have to lift up and then lock it. Is there any simple solution to making it easier again?

 

[jpet]

Are the hinge screws pulling out?

 

[P. Novak]

I thought that's what might be it, and they kinda were but I tightened them and it's still pretty difficult.

 

[Galapoheros]

Would taking off the door and sand down or plane down the part of the door that's binding do it?

 

[xchondrox]

Its hard to tell what exactly is wrong with the door from your intial post. I built cabinets so i figured id try to help anyway. If you think that its just the hinges use can always spray some WD40 or breakfree on them, be carefult of overspray though. I think that maybe humidity inside the cage has caused the sides/door to warp abit causing the hinges to bind-up when opened, To remedy this for a short time you'd just have to take the door/hinges off and re-aligne/install them.

 

[P. Novak]

I think we're talking about 2 different things, I'm not sure yet. Ok I'll try to re-explain myself, when I open the doors, the lock is difficult to open and when I go to close the doors I have to push the doors up a little bit to lock it. I have to realign the lock everytime I close the door by pushing up on the door so it can actually be locked. Sorry if I'm confusing any of you. :wall: