On 6/10/2021 10:45 AM, Sandra Vaughan wrote:
> We live in Virginia and are having our house remodeled. New interior,
> solid wood cherry doors were installed before the summer humidity, but
> not yet stained/sealed,  Now that the summer is here they have all
> swollen and are sticking.
>
> Question - should we wait until the dry weather in september when the
> swelling should go down to have them sealed?  or should we adjust the
> frames now and seal them while they are swollen.
>

The remodeled should know what to do.

Regardless if you have sticking doors the door should probably be
adjusted, not the frame. Assuming you door frames were correctly
installed.

If only replacing the door and not the jams, trim the doors to fit and
seal/paint/stain.

Keep in mind that you should also seal the tops and bottoms of the doors
to reduce swelling.

Thank you, Leon. Only 2 (of 10) new doors are sticking, so we will adjust the frames for those two.

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On 6/10/2021 6:45 PM, Sandra Vaughan wrote:
> Thank you, Leon.  Only 2 (of 10) new doors are sticking, so we will
> adjust the frames for those two.

How would you propose to do that for a (presumably) finished install
with casing and all?

That's going to be a treat, methinks. How you going to grow the header
length to widen the opening evenly without gaps appearing? Or, if you
just spread the bottom, then the opening isn't square and even and the
angles of the casing are out.

Get out the smoothing plane, sharpen it up well and take a few licks off
the edge, instead.

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