How To Install Hinges On Metal Door

If the existing jamb is out of square it will show up along the top.

How to install hinges on metal door.

Cut the hinge mortises with a hammer and inch wide wood chisel. Assuming you re installing a new door you ll need to find the precise. Temporarily screw the hinge jamb in place by driving two 8 3 inch drywall screws through it. Use the enclosed screws or 3 4 inch self drilling screws to fasten the hinge to the door.

Cut the door to length with a portable circular saw. Put your hinge in place on the door and the jamb and use a carpenters pencil to carefully. 3 place the hinge on the door as if it were already. Set old door on top of new door and transfer the hinge mortise locations to the new door using a combination square.

Replace the hinge and install it in the recess using the screws and screwdriver. In this video i m showing how to fit a door hinges on to the door and on the door frame. Place the door into the opening and align the top of the door with the top of the hinge. In extreme cases you might have to trim the top of the door to make the reveal even.

The edge of the door should be 1 16 inch from the centerline of the hinge barrel. One about 2 inches above the top hinge and the other about 2 inches from the center hinge. Trace around the hinge. Installing door hinges 1.

Use a utility knife to score the outline of the new hinges onto the edge of the door. Set the door on its side with the inside edge of the door where the hinges will go facing up against a stable surface such as a work bench. Loosen the screws if necessary to bring the jamb back into plumb. The door im doing is an interio.

Remove the hinge and use the screwdriver to carefully indent the screws pencil markings. Install the hinges onto your new door by screwing them into the holes usually already drilled in the edge of the door. Place your hinges in the correct location. Place the hinge in the recess and mark where the screws will sit.

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. The term cut. If your door came undrilled you ll need to drill pilot holes before.