How To Install Bedroom Door Hinges

Some blank doors have a specific swing.

How to install bedroom door hinges.

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. Cut any excess off the top of the door and the side opposite of the doorknob opening if necessary to ensure the new bedroom door measures 1 4 inch less than the vertical and horizontal door. Once you ve finished mortising the hinges set the door upright and bore the lockset holes. Attach 6 door installation brackets to the outside of the door jamb the wood frame to which the door comes pre attached.

Attach the door installation brackets. Attach the remaining three brackets on the the other side of the jamb. With a sharp chisel and hammer cut the wood in the shape of the hinge. 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.

Paint the door if needed if your door features glass be sure to leave the protective plastic on until you ve finished painting your door. Install the hinge knuckles lock set and door knobs. Drill pilot holes for the hinge hardware so that you don t accidentally split the door s edge. Install the latch plate into the door frame by lining it up with the latch from the door knob then scoring chiseling as we did in step 10 with the hinges.

If you re installing a pre hung door make sure you get the correct swing determined by the placement of the hinges and doorknob. Installing a screen door can give you all the benefits of the outdoors without all the bugs and other. Mount the hinges on the new door and hang the door. Use a utility knife to score the outline.

Repeat with the other two hinges. If the doorknob is on the left you need a left handed door. Next place your hinge on the door and trace around the hinge with a pencil. Make sure not to screw the knobs on too tightly.

If the knob is to the right select a right handed door. See how we added privacy between bedroom and bathroom with a sliding barn door. Screw the remaining halves of the hinges to the door jamb. Open the door and stand with your back to the hinges.

Attack the backplates and doorknobs. Once the door is hung screw the hinge leaf to the door edge.