How To Hang A Door Without Hinges

Use these measurements to mark the size of the doorframe opening on the slab door with a pencil.

How to hang a door without hinges.

Remove the door from the frame and set it aside. With your safety glasses on start the cut with the blade clear of the siding and then lower the moving blade into it. Set the door frame in the opening with the jamb resting on the finished floor photo 2 or on a spacer. Stop just short of the corners to prevent damaging the siding that will remain.

Use a vise to steady your work as you install hinges. Things needed utility knife 1 2 inch chisel hammer cordless screw gun 1 inch screws. Finish the corners with a sharp wood chisel. Hold the hinge in place as a template and score around it using a utility knife image 2.

Score all the way around three sides of the hinge. Remove the hinge leaves from the jamb. Stop the measuring tape 1 8 inch 0 32 cm above the ground to leave a clearance under the door. Raise the door up in the opening using a wooden wedge until only a 2 3mm gap is left at the top.

Screws through the jamb where they ll be hidden by the screws. Leah from see jane drill demonstrates how to quickly and easily hang a new inside door in your home. Then measure the inside width of the doorframe opening leaving a 1 16 inch 0 16 cm clearance on either side. Support this channel by shopping on amazon through our l.