How To Hang Door On Existing Hinges

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.

How to hang door on existing hinges.

With a sharp chisel and hammer cut the wood in the shape of the hinge. Drill pilot holes for the hinge hardware so that you don t accidentally split the door s edge. Use a utility knife to score the outline. Follow these simple steps.

How to hang a door in an existing jamb. Mortise the hinge openings using a chisel and utility knife photo 4. Next place your hinge on the door and trace around the hinge with a pencil. Remove the old hinges from the doorjamb and replace them with remaining leaves of the new hinges.

Use a vise to steady your work as you install hinges. In our demonstration we install a simple brass hinge in a piece of hard maple image 1. To do this place both doors next to each other on the thin long sides with the hinges on the old door facing up. Install the hinge knuckles lock set and door knobs.

Score all the way around three sides of the hinge. Screw one leaf of each hinge to the door. Place the door into the opening and drop in the hinge pins. Align the old and new door slabs if you have the original door.

Set the hinges into the mortises and then drill pilot holes for the hinge screws. 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. Leah from see jane drill demonstrates how to quickly and easily hang a new inside door in your home. If you are hanging a slab door to replace an existing door and you still have the original door you can measure your new door slab to fit the frame by aligning it with the old door.

Close the door and check its fit in the opening. If you re hanging new doors onto old frames you will need to cut or mortise new hinges onto the door. New doors also known as door blanks have smooth sides without any existing hinge locations. Mount the hinges on the new door and hang the door.

Hold the hinge in place as a template and score around it using a utility knife image 2. Replacing an interior door in an existing opening is well within the reach of the average homeowner. Once you ve finished mortising the hinges set the door upright and bore the lockset holes.