How To Hang A Door On Hinges

Next place your hinge on the door and trace around the hinge with a pencil.

How to hang a door on hinges.

Score all the way around three sides of the hinge. You ll need to take the door back down and shave some. Screw the hinge leaf to the door. Position one half of a hinge with the inner knuckles in its mortise on the door.

To install door hinges on a new door measure and mark where your hinges need to go on the door frame and on the door you re hanging. Hang your new door and test fit everything. Now it s on to the next item on your fix it list. Drill pilot holes for the hinge hardware so that you don t accidentally split the door s edge.

With a sharp chisel and hammer cut the wood in the shape of the hinge. In our demonstration we install a simple brass hinge in a piece of hard maple image 1. Screw the other halves of the hinges to the doorjamb. Use a vise to steady your work as you install hinges.

If your door sticks make a mark on the edges where it s not closing flush. Mount the hinges on the new door and hang the door. Use a utility knife to score the outline. Replace the hinge and install it in the recess using the screws and screwdriver.

Repeat on the other two hinges. If the old door was trimmed at the bottom and you were happy with the gap at the floor cut the new door to match. Unless i am hanging doors to match existing ones or the schedule says otherwise i mark a clear line with a sharp pencil on both the lining and the door 150mm down from the top this is the top of the top hinge and 230mm up from the bottom this is the bottom of the lowest hinge. Install the hinge knuckles lock set and door knobs.

Hold the hinge in place as a template and score around it using a utility knife image 2. Install the other half of the hinge along the pencil markings on the door. If you don t need any further adjustments remove the door again then finish it to match the rest of the woodwork and rehang it.