Oper Way To Put Hinge On Door And Jamb

Trace around the hinge.

Oper way to put hinge on door and jamb.

Once the door is shimmed all the way up tight to the quarter check the reveal along the top and the sides. Step 2 insert a shim into the cutout. Lay the old door back on top of the new one and then transfer your hinge mortise lock set mortises and door hole outlines. When you install a door hinge you need to make notches for it on the edge of the door and on the jamb or the door won t close properly.

Hinges have two parts one with 2 rings and another with 3 rings that the pin passes through. Attach hinges cut the head jamb to a length equal to the door width plus the combined rabbet or dado depth plus slightly more than 1 8 inch. Cut shims to match the dimensions of the hinge cutouts. If the existing jamb is out of square it will show up along the top.

These notches or mortises should be just deep enough to. Notes on door hinge placement hinge placement varies depending on whether your door is left swing or right swing in swing or out swing. However when hanging my own doors i like to put the three knuckle leaf on the door for the simple reason that it s easier to re hang the door. From a mechanical point of view it doesn t make any difference and when installing factory assembled doors i keep the hinges however they are installed.

Put your hinge in place on the door and the jamb and use a carpenters pencil to carefully trace around the hinge. Score the outer edges. Double check to make sure that your outlines match the same location on the door and jamb before moving to the next step. Use a combination square to lay out the mortises making sure that you re transferring the proper width and height of the outlines.

Screw the door frame together with 2 1 2 inch screws. Using a mortising template route matching mortises for the hinges on the door and jamb. I wasn t paying attention and forgot to note which part of the hinge goes back on the door and jamb. 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.

Door hinges which way is up. I took all the doors off the hinges and the hinges off the jambs and doors in order to paint all the woodwork trim and doors in my house. The depth of the hinge on the jam should always be as thick as the hinge is.