Tips To Line Up Door Hinges

Door won t latch out of plumb jambs or a warped door can cause this.

Tips to line up door hinges.

Open the door and look at the hinge assembly inside the cabinet wall. Make sure the jamb is straight and plumb before you reinstall the hinges. Use a combination square to lay out the mortises making sure that you re transferring the proper width and height of the outlines. To lift the door locate the hinge plate attached to the cabinet body.

Each hinge plate should be held to the cabinet body by 2 4 screws. Test the door to make sure it works and you re finished. Lifting the door can sometimes be enough to correct the alignment. Hold the door in place using blocks under the bottom to support it if necessary.

Next align the hinges on your doors with the screw holes in your cabinets. Line up the hinges and hang the new door. Use a nailset or other hard metal piece as a wedge. When you shut the door slowly it bends the hinge up and away from the side of the.

If the door won t latch because it s hitting the latch side stop on the top or bottom the fix is to move the stop. The hole in the hinge will usually be oblong to allow for adjustment later. Slide the hinge pins into place and remove the blocks from the door. If the gap between the door and frame is not as even as you would like adjust it by bending the hinge a little.

Use your screwdriver to adjust the hinge so it. It should be perpendicular to the side of the door extending equally to the left and right side of the hinge. Lay the old door back on top of the new one and then transfer your hinge mortise lock set mortises and door hole outlines. Place it between the hinge.

Loosen without removing all the hinge plate screws for the door that you are working with. The drill bit is surrounded by a spring loaded guide that lines up the bit in the center. Line up the two hinge plates so that the ones on the door match the ones in the jamb. Using your drill drive one of the screws you just removed through the oblong hole in the hinge and into the pre drilled hole in the style.