Why does my bedroom door close halfway on its own and how do I fix it. Do I need to adjust the hinge?

Answer 1

Adjusting the hinges will do nothing. The home has settled. If you want the door to stay open, push something in front of it to hold it open. If you want it to close, you could replace the top hinge with a self closing hinge. It has a spring inside, and a pin you insert to give it enough pressure to close completely by itself.

Answer 2

The door couldve been hung perfectly plumb from left to right as well as plumb inside the rough opening from front to back (i.e. how the door closes to the door stop) and if the house settles the door is going with it. You have what we call a phantom door. Often times the whole wall that the door is being set on isnt plumb, and you wind up shimming the top or bottom of the door into the room and pulling the top or bottom of the door into the other room or hallway. Easiest fix is to pull the top or middle pin out (use a nail set or screwdriver and a hammer) take it outside lay it on the concrete and whack it one good time with the hammer putting the slightest curve or bend in it. Take it back to the door and tap it back into hinge. The slightest bend in the pin will bind against the hinge causing the door to stay where you leave it.

Answer 3

The hinges are not at fault, I would have thought that some of the answers might have got it right, the problem is the door frame on the hinge side is no plumb ie, not vertical, if a door swings open then the top of the frame is leaning out, if it swings shut them the top of the frame is leaning in.
Since yours is swinging shut, the bottom hinge need to be removed and some packing put behind the hinge to bring it out a bit, varying the thickness of the packing will adjust how quick or slow it will swing closed. Simple mechanics and gravity.

Answer 4

You need to hire an exorcist!

Answer 5

yep, try tighening them [screws] if that wont fix it the house has settled and caused a tilt, nothing you can do about that,