Do this on both doors.
Gap in french doors.
Turn the upper hinge adjustment screw to even out the gap.
If only one door will open regularly.
Paint the entire french door set including the insulated molding for a professional finished look.
With two doors in an opening you need to back bevel each door about 5 degrees.
How to cover a crack between french doors step 1.
Identify which of the doors is active and which is the stationary door.
The constant opening and closing of the doors can cause the hinge screws to loosen.
Open and close the active door to see which way it swings.
That s the easier way.
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.
Stand on the side of the active door where you.
Over time your french doors can begin to sag and open a small space between the tops of the doors and the jamb.
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.
Use the type of screwdriver that matches the heads on the hinge screws.
A 1 2 gap is much too large.
This is also done on single doors so you can get the 1 8 gap at closing between the door and frame.
Over time the screws on your hinges may come loose and cause your doors to sag.
Step 3.
This is so the two meeting corners do not touch each other.
If the gap is a half inch or so then you bring the 2 doors closer together by shimming the hinges with sandpaper.
Open both of the french doors to expose the screws holding the hinges in place.
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.
This adjustment works well if you have a gap between the french doors or the latch mechanism doesn t connect.