How To Hinge New Door

Cut the mortises in the door first.

How to hinge new door.

Once you ve finished mortising the hinges set the door upright and bore the lockset holes. If neither the door nor the jamb has mortises center the middle hinge and place the other hinges about 6 inches from the top and bottom of the door. This design allows you to place the hinges anywhere you like on the door to match existing frames. Most doors require three hinges hollow core doors need only two.

Mark the previous hinge locations on the new door. Step 4 using a hammer and chisel rebate the marked areas so the hinge fits flush. New doors also known as door blanks have smooth sides without any existing hinge locations. Use a utility knife to score the outline.

We ve used a couple of craftright saw horses from bunnings. Mortise the hinge openings using a chisel and utility knife photo 4. How to cut the perfect hinge in minutes. Typically middle hinges go in the exact center of the door top hinges sit 7 in 18 cm below the top of the door and bottom hinges rest 11 in 28 cm above the bottom of 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. Position the hinges and trace around the edges. Use a combination square to lay out the mortises making sure that you re transferring the proper width and height of the outlines. If the holes on your new hinge plates don t match the holes in the screw holes in the door jamb drill pilot holes for the new screws.

Step 3 now place your door on a couple of saw horses. This prevents having to find hinges to match the old mortises. If the holes in the jamb are too large for the screws use wood glue to secure a short portion of dowel tightly in the hole. Then place 1 of your hinge s wings flush against the spot where you want it to sit.

Allow the glue to cure and drill the pilot holes. Next place your hinge on the door and trace around the hinge with a pencil. Mount the hinges on the new door and hang the door. Lay the old door back on top of the new one and then transfer your hinge mortise lock set mortises and door hole outlines.

We show you the tools to use and the. 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.