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Originally Posted by bigdog
....The door is out of alignment with the casing, right side is about 1/4"+ lower than the left side.
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Assuming the door is a standard 3-ft entry door, with three hinges spanning about five ft. Lifting the right side that 1/4" by shimming the bottom hinge out would require a shim 5/3 times that 1/4" or a bit more than 3/8" thick (with half that for the middle hinge). That much might well keep the door from closing. If the door frame is wood, you could rout out the recess for the top hinge by the same amount to lift the right edge (and half that for the middle), but that much again would be a problem for proper fit, leaving shimming the bottom and routing the top each by 3/16", which still might cause problems with fit. But you said the door has a steel casing, which eliminates routing the frame, and if the door also has a steel shell, then routing the door also is out. I suspect the only real solution is major surgery on the frame installation, to make both sides plumb.