Loinstalling Hinges On Door

To do this remove the door and take the hinge off the cabinet.

Loinstalling hinges on door.

Screw the hinge into place. Use a drill or screwdriver and the package screws to secure the two sides of the hinge to the jamb and the door. Unless the door is pre hung on an attached doorframe this is an essential step to hanging a door. Place your new hinge over the location of the old one.

Pre drill for the screws the easiest way to get perfectly centered screws is to pre drill with one of these self centering bits. The door im doing is an interio. Put the hinge on the hinge side of the cabinet door where you marked from the bottom and arrange it so it s in the position it needs to be installed in. If you have pencil markings from the frame place the hinge there.

Make the cut as deep as the hinge is thick. The next step is to locate the screw holes for the hinge in the door. Use the chisel to scrape away excess wood shavings. Place the hinge pin in the hinge to secure the new hinge.

Use a pencil to mark around the hinge so you know where you need to bore your hole. Then with the door in place mark the location of the hinge on the door. Line up the hinges and hang the new door. Or simpler how to hang a door.

To create a matching even gap along the bottom of the door use another hinge as a spacer. A door hinge is installed so that one half of the hinge is on the door frame and the other half of the hinge is on the side of the door. Use the chisel to carve out the wood inside the outlines of the hinge. In this video i m showing how to fit a door hinges on to the door and on the door frame.

Install the new hinge. Place the hinge on the door as if it were already installed on the door. Now lubricate the hinges with oil and add some drops at the top of the raised pin. Open and close the door to verify that the oil gets all the way to the bottom part of the hinge pin.

Using a nail insert it beneath the hinge pins and push them halfway up.