We removed the old molding, frame and door. We purchased a pre-hung interior primed door. At first, my husband took the door off the hinges to square and shim. He was having a lot of trouble and after seeing a few videos online I saw most people leave the door on.

So - we put the door on. We started with the hinge side and leveled it out with shims - its closer to the stud there so little shimming was needed. Anyway - it is plumb and level. He also put a longer screw in the top hinge.

So over to the latch side - he tries to close the door and the door will not fit in the top latch side corner. Its like the frame is not wide enough. If you push it through it will go in - but we don't want to end up with the same issues we were having last time.

What are we doing wrong?????

Please help!!

Ruth

Plumb the hinge side. Install a lomg screw in the top and bottom hinges.

Then adjust the latch side---raising/lowering as needed----to get an even gap between the top of the door and the frame.

Use shims under the end of the latch side to maintain that gap as you plumb and fasten the latch side in place---to get an even gap between the door edge and the latch side frame.

When you plumb the sides, plumb the latch side on the face and one edge of the frame. When you plumb the latch side, simply make sure the door closes evenly on the frame.