How To Install Hinges On Metal Door

Put your hinge in place on the door and the jamb and use a carpenters pencil to carefully.

How to install hinges on metal door.

Use the enclosed screws or 3 4 inch self drilling screws to fasten the hinge to the door. Assuming you re installing a new door you ll need to find the precise. Place your hinges in the correct location. Install the hinges onto your new door by screwing them into the holes usually already drilled in the edge of the door.

Replace the hinge and install it in the recess using the screws and screwdriver. Trace around the hinge. Place the hinge in the recess and mark where the screws will sit. Cut the hinge mortises with a hammer and inch wide wood chisel.

In extreme cases you might have to trim the top of the door to make the reveal even. Check that the door jamb on the hinge side is plumb and shim as necessary. If the existing jamb is out of square it will show up along the top. Installing door hinges 1.

If your door came undrilled you ll need to drill pilot holes before. Loosen the screws if necessary to bring the jamb back into plumb. The door im doing is an interio. Set old door on top of new door and transfer the hinge mortise locations to the new door using a combination square.

The edge of the door should be 1 16 inch from the centerline of the hinge barrel. Remove the hinge and use the screwdriver to carefully indent the screws pencil markings. Place the door into the opening and align the top of the door with the top of the hinge. One about 2 inches above the top hinge and the other about 2 inches from the center hinge.

Install the other half of the hinge along the pencil markings on the door. Use a utility knife to score the outline of the new hinges onto the edge of the door. Temporarily screw the hinge jamb in place by driving two 8 3 inch drywall screws through it. Cut the door to length with a portable circular saw.

Or simpler how to hang a door. The term cut. 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.