Fitting Stable Door Hinges
When a door starts to sag and hang crooked it always does so from the top so the upper part of the doorknob side is where it will start to catch.
Fitting stable door hinges. Mark out your hinges on the door. Fitting stable doors is twice as much work and more than an individual exterior door. The door im doing is an interio. Or simpler how to hang a door.
How to determine hinge spacing on a door. To transfer the hinge locations from the door slip or wedge the door into position with the hinge fully open and make fine knife lines along the top and bottom of the knuckle. The easiest way to do do this if the old door was a good fit is to lay the new door on top of the old door so the edges are flush. There are two leafs to hang so four hinges two weather moulds locks catches and bolts that all need to be fitted perfectly for the.
In this video i m showing how to fit a door hinges on to the door and on the door frame. Otherwise you have to remove a hinge from the door. Then line up a combination square with the old door s hinge mortises and transfer their locations to the new door marking the edges with a utility knife.