DIYer's: skewed door (door itself)

[Pandamonium]

The exterior door to my garage is racked. I eyeballed it and then double checked against a speed square: the door itself is skewed. It's a really old single pane glass top/wooden door and the seams around the exterior segments are visibly giving. We don't use the garage enough (or store anything of significant value inside) to justify replacing the door outright. Still, it bothers me enough that I'd like to do something about it.

From what I can tell, usually the repair is made by shimming the door hinges appropriately. But that all assumes that the structural integrity of the door itself is still intact. In my case the door itself is skewed. So my thought is to pull the door off the hinges, square it up, and secure the squared doors with some screws. I'm thinking about countersinking some lag bolts into the edge of the door going into the cross pieces. My other idea is to just brace the interior face once I get the door squared.

Is this a completely dumb idea?

 

[EagleKeeper]

Dumb

spend the $100 to get a new door.

Jury rigging is not going to properly solve the problem

 

[BoomerD]

A good quality exterior door will cost more than $100, but not a LOT more.

IF the OP is handy, replacing a pre-hung door unit isn't too difficult, AND, it will allow him to see the underlying door frame studs to see what's racked...and what he needs to fix. (if anything. It's not uncommon for cheap doors to sag and get out of square/plumb)

 

[lxskllr]

I'd try to fix the door. If nothing else, it'll be a learning experience. I'd have to see a picture to determine how I'd attack it. Doing it right will be more difficult, but rigging it should be fairly easy.

 

[edro]

HD or Lowes sell exterior doors for ~$250 INSTALLED.