How to Adjust Door Hinges (with Pictures) | eHow

Slowly open and close the door to assess what it's doing.

Step 3:

Assess the condition and positions of the hinges, whether they're sitting even with the level of the wood on the jamb, and whether the screws are tight.

Step 1:

Shim up the hinge plates by loosening the screws that hold the plate to the jamb, sliding two wood shims under the hinge between the screws until the plate is the same level as the wood.

Step 1:

Unscrew the hinge plates from the jamb completely and remove the door.

Step 2:

With your chisel and hammer, chisel off a layer of wood within the indented area where the hinge was sitting. Take off enough so that the hinge plate will sit squarely in the indented area and be level with the surrounding wood. (Keep the door standing nearby so you can look at the hinges and judge how much to chisel.)