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I live in a 2 bedroom apartment and my roommates door seems to be sticking to the door frame. When they open the door, it sticks and so they have to forcefully open the door. It makes a lot of noise so I’m trying to figure out how to fix it. I noticed when I compare my door closed compared to my roommates door, there seems to be a space all around the door on mine. On my roommates door closed, the bottom half seems like there is a little bit of space and the rest of the door fits very snug next to the frame. I’m guessing their door closed should look like mine, but it does not. Any suggestions? I looked online and the hinges seem to be on tight, so I ruled that out. Will the apartment replace/fix the door if requested?

bitch to the landlord. that’s what they have maintenance crews for.
if they don’t, you could see if you can borrow a planer and plane the top of the door if that’s where it’s hitting.
we used to have an old house that did that with one of the bathroom doors.. my mom just got on a stool and sanded it down for a good couple of minutes
Summertime = humid = doors stick. That’s why when I hang doors in the winter, I add a 1/16" to prevent a callback. Sanding or planing is the key, but you’ll need to refinish the bare wood.
Sanding sounds good. Then again, refinishing the bare wood sounds like a pain in the ass. Thanks for the help.
or you could shim the upper hinge very very slightly. Or sink the lower hinge…

Screw refinishing a door because you sand it and plane it, etc… it shouldn’t need to be planed or sanded, the door is on there cock-eyed.

ORLY? I guess you’ve never heard of a building settling over a half century or so?

can still be fixed using the method i mentioned….
Call. If they don’t repair, submit a claim in writing expressing you will exercise your right to fix and repair. That is, you can hire a contractor to repair the problem and deduct the bill from the rent.
I tried sanding the door door down along with the door frame. It did make it slightly better but not much. The door still sticks. I also tried making the hole where the hinges sit, a little deeper. Still did not seem to work (that was actually a lot of work, the apartment painted over the screws so it took a long time trying to take the screw off). The top right area where the door sits slightly has a bit of space, but the middle area of the door still seems to stick against the frame. I don’t know if this helps but did I mention it was a hollow door?

I would ask the manager to fix it but I figure since the door does open and close, they won’t. The complaint I’m talking about is when the door has been shut for awhile, when you try to open it, it makes a loud noise.

Or you can do what I did… shim the hinge at the side opposite to the one you want to sink in with pennies. It worked great

I’m clueless when it comes to this so I have no idea what you just said. =/

I figure if I keep sanding the shit out of the door, its going to have to stop sticking sooner or later. I was using this tool I got from a hardware store, it looked like this:

And the blade looked like.

And I have to say, it does not work too well. Maybe I should just get regular sand paper.

This is just an exaggeration… but if the door is like that, you remove the hinge on the frame side. In this case, the hinge shown in red. You put a penny under it. Put one on upper half of the hinge and another on the lower half so it lifts consistently. If the screw spacing is just right, you won’t even have to drill through the penny. If penny is just lightly too big, you might get around with using a slightly smaller dime. If pennies won’t give enough height, you can always try thicker nickels.

The deadbolt on my front door became misaligned due to frame shifting and I did the penny hack like two years ago and it’s still holding up fine

I would have to say it looks more like that. Where the middle area is where the door is sticking. If I could take my knife, I could slide it around the door, but this part is where it gets stuck. Couldn’t I just use like a extra coarse sand paper and just file that sucker down a bit? That tool I got from the store doesn’t seem to work too well. Also when I open and close the door a lot, it seems to make the sticking sound to the left side though. I’m not too sure, I just want to file the whole damn door down. I’m just going to try one last thing before I just call a handy man to come over and fix it for me. Thanks for the help again.
oh i c. why didn’t you just call the landlord in the first place? Are you in a violation? such as unauthorized roommates?

Yeah, that’s one of the reasons. I just don’t trust them coming in my apartment to be honest.
the easiest way would be to hit the jamb. just stand in the doorway and smack that fucker where it is binding. if it is shot in with brad nails, which is the way it is usually done here you might be able to gain some room. if the jamb is tight against the rough framing, or there is a shim there, or it is screwed rather than brad nailed it won’t work. the best way, other than shimming hinges, would be to pull the casing off and see if you can re-set the door frame.

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