How To Hang A Door On Hinges

In our demonstration we install a simple brass hinge in a piece of hard maple image 1.

How to hang a door on hinges.

Repeat on the other two hinges. Score all the way around three sides of the hinge. Mount the hinges on the new door and hang the door. Next place your hinge on the door and trace around the hinge with a pencil.

Use a centering punch to make starting divots for the screws. Hang your new door and test fit everything. Use a utility knife to score the outline. Drill pilot holes for the hinge hardware so that you don t accidentally split the door s edge.

Connect the door to the doorframe by inserting the hinge pin source. Hang the door slotting the hinges together and slipping in the pins. 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. Hold the hinge in place as a template and score around it using a utility knife image 2.

With a sharp chisel and hammer cut the wood in the shape of the hinge. Screw the hinge leaf to the door. If your door sticks make a mark on the edges where it s not closing flush. Now it s on to the next item on your fix it list.

Screw the other halves of the hinges to the doorjamb. 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. Install the hinge knuckles lock set and door knobs. Install the other half of the hinge along the pencil markings on the door.

Use a vise to steady your work as you install 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. Replace the hinge and install it in the recess using the screws and screwdriver.