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Our house is a new build (2 years), and noticed that a lot of our doors aren't aligned/level when we first moved in. I'm told it's normal because of the house settling.

Up until 4 months ago, our doors were fine, but I noticed this slight gap between the front door and frame. Two things to call out here:

  1. The door isn't aligned as you can a variance in gap from left to right.
  2. The bottom corner isn't sealed, with some light showing through.

Ideally I'd like to have the door aligned with the frame, but I'm more concerned with the gap and how to fix it. Should I get a thicker rubber seal for the threshold?

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Our house is a new build (2 years), and noticed that a lot of our doors aren't aligned/level when we first moved in. I'm told it's normal because of the house settling.

Up until 4 months ago, our doors were fine, but I noticed this slight gap between the front door and frame. Two things to call out here:

  1. The door isn't aligned as you can a variance in gap from left to right.
  2. The bottom corner isn't sealed, with some light showing through.

Ideally I'd like to have the door aligned with the frame, but I'm more concerned with the gap and how to fix it. Should I get a thicker rubber seal for the threshold?

Door gap

Door Misalignment

Threshold

Our house is a new build (2 years), and noticed that a lot of our doors aren't aligned/level when we first moved in. I'm told it's normal because of the house settling.

Up until 4 months ago, our doors were fine, but I noticed this slight gap between the front door and frame. Two things to call out here:

  1. The door isn't aligned as you can a variance in gap from left to right.
  2. The bottom corner isn't sealed, with some light showing through.

Ideally I'd like to have the door aligned with the frame, but I'm more concerned with the gap and how to fix it. Should I get a thicker rubber seal for the threshold?

Door gap

Door Misalignment

Threshold

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Front door isn't level and has gaps

Our house is a new build (2 years), and noticed that a lot of our doors aren't aligned/level when we first moved in. I'm told it's normal because of the house settling.

Up until 4 months ago, our doors were fine, but I noticed this slight gap between the front door and frame. Two things to call out here:

  1. The door isn't aligned as you can a variance in gap from left to right.
  2. The bottom corner isn't sealed, with some light showing through.

Ideally I'd like to have the door aligned with the frame, but I'm more concerned with the gap and how to fix it. Should I get a thicker rubber seal for the threshold?

Door gap

Door Misalignment

Threshold