E-Z Shim 4 EZ HS400BP Hinge Shim (15 Pack), 15 Count

I bought a new house and very soon the front door starting sticking and would not stay shut unless it was locked. It had been installed by what is laughingly called professionals. I placed two shims behind the bottom hinge, one behind the next hinge up and none behind the top two hinges. Now the door opens easily and latches easily. Too bad the professionals dont know how to hang doors, but luckily the shims are available to home owners so we can fix the shoddy workmenship.

I have been fighting my front door alignment since I bought this house. Adding one of these shims to the bottom hinge really helped. Adding two was too much and pushed the door out of alignment in the other direction. Replacing the top hinge screws with longer screws that extend past the door frame (#9 wood screws, 2-3 inch length) fixed the rest of the alignment problems. the front door now works perfectly. The pack came with enough shims to let me work on all of the other doors in this house that are out of alignment.

These shims couldnt get any easier. And they worked perfectly for my job. Id buy these all day long then to have to cut them out from cardboard. I was done with the whole project in 5 minutes. My kind of job. These are a great value for the money for I have more then I needed, saves time, simple to use.

Needed to level out our front door so it didn’t hit the jamb on the bottom when being closed.

did the job

Noticed I could see light coming through the bottom left side of my front door. Its been VERY cold out and I was wondering why my electric fireplace didnt seem to be heating as well. Walked up to the door and put my hand down and you could feel icy air pouring right in! Googled how to fix something like this, found these on Amazon and had them in just a couple of days. It was SO easy to fix the door! I just swung my door open wide, sat down on my front stoop and removed the screws on the side of the hinge that attaches to the door. I slid in one of the shims, put just two of the screws back in then shut the door to check it. Theres was still a gap - though a lot smaller - so I put a second shim in. Now its PERFECT! The door also isnt wobbly when locked since its better aligning with the bolt plates. What a perfect product! Does exactly what its supposed to, super easy to install AND super cheap! Theyre also plastic so not like theyre going to compress or deteriorate like home made cardboard shims will. I still have THIRTEEN left over shims. I posted on facebook to friends to see if anyone else could use them. (The pics are before, after and a shot of the hinge so you can see what it looks like with the shims in place)

These worked well, and solved one problem I had with the door not locking/unlocking properly by shifting the door slightly downwards. However, in this thickness they caused the door to stick in another place, at the top corner. I wish they came in a thinner version. However, the concept is great and I used them as a template for a thinner plastic I had on hand. I would use them again if the situation were right.

Had local glass company replace several door and window glass panes. One door had integral molded polywhatever quarter-round stop instead of removable. So glass tech had to saw stop off; during this process he steadied himself by hanging on the door. Tech was pretty large guy, so next day the door latch wasnt working very well, then not at all. These magic scraps of plastic were easy to install and realigned the door at minimum cost and hassle.

Brilliant. I have installed many doors in my life and used my share of card board. Just bought a used home with doors that need some tuning. These not only worked extremely well, they are a breeze to use. Cudos to those who thought of this and got it to the market place. Cant go wrong.

Worked great, very easy to install.