How To Install Hinges On A Door Frame

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How to install hinges on a door frame.

The term cut. Set the door on its side with the inside edge of the door where the hinges will go facing up against a stable. Shim the jamb plumb to make it level and straight. The door frame should be slightly smaller than the opening it fits to allow for adjustments.

Installing door hinges 1. Place your hinges in the correct location. Trace around the hinge. If your frame already has hinge mortises stand or lay the door.

Assuming you re installing a new door you ll need to find the precise. Put your hinge in place on the door and the jamb and use a carpenters pencil to carefully. With the door sitting in the jamb and the reveals even mark the locations of the hinges. Transfer the hinge locations from the door frame.

How to put hinges on door blanks 1. Begin with the mortises on the door then the mortises on the jamb. I like to use a utility knife to make a small mark at the top and bottom of each hinge and then use a pencil to make the mark easier to see. Using a mortising template route matching mortises for the hinges on the door and jamb.

On the hinge side start with the bottom and top. Shim between the side jambs and the studs to fill in the spaces between them.