How To Install Hinges On Metal Door

Cut the hinge mortises with a hammer and inch wide wood chisel.

How to install hinges on metal door.

If your door came undrilled you ll need to drill pilot holes before. In extreme cases you might have to trim the top of the door to make the reveal even. Place the hinge in the recess and mark where the screws will sit. Remove the hinge and use the screwdriver to carefully indent the screws pencil markings.

Set the door on its side with the inside edge of the door where the hinges will go facing up against a stable surface such as a work bench. Install the hinges onto your new door by screwing them into the holes usually already drilled in the edge of the door. Use the enclosed screws or 3 4 inch self drilling screws to fasten the hinge to the door. The edge of the door should be 1 16 inch from the centerline of the hinge barrel.

Trace around the hinge. Because we haven t routed for the hinges yet and they are still attached to the jamb it should be a snug fit for the width. The door im doing is an interio. Installing door hinges 1.

3 place the hinge on the door as if it were already. If the existing jamb is out of square it will show up along the top. Cut the door to length with a portable circular saw. Replace the hinge and install it in the recess using the screws and screwdriver.

Or simpler how to hang a door. Place your hinges in the correct location. Assuming you re installing a new door you ll need to find the precise. One about 2 inches above the top hinge and the other about 2 inches from the center hinge.

Put your hinge in place on the door and the jamb and use a carpenters pencil to carefully. The term cut. Install the other half of the hinge along the pencil markings on the door. Temporarily screw the hinge jamb in place by driving two 8 3 inch drywall screws through it.

Loosen the screws if necessary to bring the jamb back into plumb. Place the door into the opening and align the top of the door with the top of the hinge. Set old door on top of new door and transfer the hinge mortise locations to the new door using a combination square.