How To Change Door Hinges While Leaving Door Up

All you need is a screwdriver.

How to change door hinges while leaving door up.

Once you have shimmed the door you can replace the hinges. If the replacement hinges are sized differently from the old ones fill in the mortise holes in both the door and the door frame with wood putty. It doesn t matter if you are doing external or internal doors you can swap them out really easily. There was a ton of old paint covering all the hinges so getting them off wasn t easy.

Replace door hinges with the help of someone to hold the door up. Pull out the pins take down the door replace the hinges then put the door back. Small details can make a big difference. The easiest way is to replace one hinge at a time.

You don t need to take the whole door down just remove one hinge and replace it with a new one then do the next one and finally swap out the final one. Then move on to the next hinge then the next until they are all replaced. I purchased some basic hinges made for exterior doors. When each hinge is in place with two screws in each leaf tighten all the screws and try the door.

Replacing door hinges is super easy. Allow the putty time to dry and sand it smooth and flush with the surface. Once they were off though i was able to clean up the area and prep it for the new hinges. Use a metal scraper to fill in the screw holes or plug them with a small wood wedge.

Start with the top. Install each leaf with two screws only not quite fully tightened. Actually they were 2 different colored metals. Change the hinges it s not that hard.