How To Hang A Door On 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.

How to hang a door on hinges.

Hang your new door and test fit everything. Install the hinge knuckles lock set and door knobs. Connect the door to the doorframe by inserting the hinge pin source. 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.

Position one half of a hinge with the inner knuckles in its mortise on the door. Hang the door slotting the hinges together and slipping in the pins. If your door sticks make a mark on the edges where it s not closing flush. In our demonstration we install a simple brass hinge in a piece of hard maple image 1.

Use a utility knife to score the outline. Screw the other halves of the hinges to the doorjamb. Replace the hinge and install it in the recess using the screws and screwdriver. With a sharp chisel and hammer cut the wood in the shape of the hinge.

Install the other half of the hinge along the pencil markings on the door. Hold the hinge in place as a template and score around it using a utility knife image 2. You ll need to take the door back down and shave some. Next place your hinge on the door and trace around the hinge with a pencil.

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. Use a centering punch to make starting divots for the screws. Repeat on the other two hinges. Score all the way around three sides of the hinge.

Use a vise to steady your work as you install hinges. Now it s on to the next item on your fix it list. 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.