Take them into the room and close the door.
How to make a door swing shut.
Mark on the door where the loop is.
Begin with the bottom pin and work up.
If the door swings open on its own unscrew the bottom hinge and the middle hinge if it has one.
Reinsert the pin and check the results.
Next move the hinge out a little away from the doorstop and screw it back on.
On the inside with the door closed attach the loop to the door frame.
If the door still won t stay open do the same with the lower hinge.
Angle the blade of a large flathead screwdriver against the tip of the hinge pin and tap the base of the screwdriver to push the pins upward and out.
Put a level up and down ways on the frame and the wall at the hinge area and see.
We all have these kinds of doors you open it and it swings itself mostly shut.
As close to the top opening corner as possible.
Attach your string here.
Or you close it to within an inch of the frame and it swings itself open.
Latch the door and have a helper steady it while you work.
There sometimes is a way to take the hinge pins out and tweak.
If the door tends to swing slowly closed when left open you can correct the problem by either moving the top hinge leaf on the door jamb slightly closer to the door stop molding or by moving the.
Stick the shim loosely between the door and the jamb to hold the door in position when you drive out the upper hinge pin.
Put a shim behind a hinge to angle it open.
Open the door slightly and slip it off the hinges.
Then bend the pin slightly with a firm whack.