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Any ideas on how to stop the front door from sticking in this wet weather.?

I have a fight on my hands everytime I open or shut the front door

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    Use a bar of Ivory Bath Soap - rub along wet surfaces which will supply slipperyness during wet weather. When door dries, wood should shrink back to correct shape.

    Source(s): Experience with wood working.
  • 1 decade ago

    As a temporary solution, rub a candle on the area where the door is sticking, or indeed around the whole of the inside of the frame.

    When the weather dries up, (probably best leave it until the summer to be sure), varnish any bare wood around the door. Linseed oil is probably favourite for this. This should seal the wood and prevent it from swelling in damp weather.

    Good luck.

  • 1 decade ago

    Spray WD40 around the door and door frame - works every time and you should have no more problems. I do this with windows that start to stick this time of year.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    The door has swollen up from the moisture. You could lightly sand it down, but come the dry weather, the door may close too loosely

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  • 1 decade ago

    Weather seal the door.

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  • jinx
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    rub some vaseline around the door frame don't shave it as it will shrink back in the summer and be too loose

  • 1 decade ago

    Buy some Pam and spray the inner frame with it. No, I'm not joking.

  • Shave the door/ and or frame.

  • 1 decade ago

    Lurpack!

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