How To Hang A Door On Hinges

Install the hinge knuckles lock set and door knobs.

How to hang a door on hinges.

Score all the way around three sides of the hinge. With a sharp chisel and hammer cut the wood in the shape of the hinge. Use a vise to steady your work as you install hinges. Hold the hinge in place as a template and score around it using a utility knife image 2.

Screw the hinge leaf to 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. If your door sticks make a mark on the edges where it s not closing flush. Mount the hinges on the new door and hang the door.

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. Hang your new door and test fit everything. Use a utility knife to score the outline. Use a centering punch to make starting divots for the screws.

Connect the door to the doorframe by inserting the hinge pin source. Drill pilot holes for the hinge hardware so that you don t accidentally split the door s edge. Replace the hinge and install it in the recess using the screws and screwdriver. Install the other half of the hinge along the pencil markings on the door.

In our demonstration we install a simple brass hinge in a piece of hard maple image 1. 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. You ll need to take the door back down and shave some. Repeat on the other two hinges.

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. Screw the other halves of the hinges to the doorjamb. Hang the door slotting the hinges together and slipping in the pins.