How To Install Hinges On Metal Door Frame

If you don t have frame markings typical hinge placement.

How to install hinges on metal door frame.

Use a drill or screwdriver and the package screws to secure the two sides of the hinge to the jamb and the door. You will need some hinge plates weld them in a little bondo and paint and your good to go. There are no operable windows in the building. Place the hinge pin in the hinge to secure the new hinge.

Place your new hinge over the location of the old one. I usually make initial cuts with a grinder and a cutting wheel and finish up with a sabre saw. The building is block construction and there appears to be concrete behind the frame making drilling for hinge screws difficult. Pretty easy job to do if you have some metalworking skills and a welder.

Insert shims between the hinge leaf and door. Mounting extra hinges to hollow metal door frame. Install the new hinge. Add shims to bottom and or middle hinge on handed or non handed doors the lower half of the door can be shifted upward and toward the strike jamb.

If you have pencil markings from the frame place the hinge there.