How To Cut Slab Door For Hinges

Leah demonstrates how to use a router and jig to cut perfect door hinge mortises quickly and easily.

How to cut slab door for hinges.

Using a utility knife score a line around the hinge. To carve out the mortise place a chisel into the outline grooves and tap the. Measure the width and height of the existing door and check the new slab. In this video home renovation brothers dave and rich show you how to cut out a door hinge.

If you have more than 3 16 of an inch to remove you can use a circular saw to do so. Measure the depth of the hinge and place it aside. We ll also so you the tools required for this moderately diffi. If you re not steady with your saw you can use a straight edge as a guide.

Remove the old door and cut the new door down to size. Purchase your new door as a slab meaning that it will not have any routes for the hinges or any holes drilled for knobs. Cut the hinge mortises on the slab door. Watch how quick and easy it is to precisely cut out a hinge morti.

That way we can line everything up to make it work perfectly with our existing jamb. Get the door hinge jig shown in this video through our l. This is the perfect tutorial showing you how to cut in the perfect door hinge. Slab doors are basic all purpose doors you install yourself.

The latch side should be beveled. If you have more than an inch to remove take half off the top and half off the bottom. Let the home depot show you what it takes to hang a new slab door or to replace a damaged one. How to cut the perfect hinge in minutes.

If you need to trim it plane or saw the hinge side. We show you the tools to use and the. Be sure that the door is approximately inch narrower than the jamb opening. Install the hinges on the door first.

Slab doors allow you to match existing jambs by cutting the mortise slots into. Go slowly and make a long clean cut. Once you have marked out where the hinges will go place one of the hinges in its specified location. How to cut out slots for door hinges in a slab door.

Chances are that they will be very close to the same size. Then use the utility knife to draw straight notch marks at the depth of the hinge across the.