Replacing Bedroom Door Hinges

This took me about 10 minutes.

Replacing bedroom door hinges.

Line up each hinge inside the marks on the new door and trace the outline. In this jeld wen customer care video you ll learn how to remove and or replace hinges on interior doors. Trim the new door as needed with a circular saw to cut through the top or bottom and use a plane if some minor width. Remove the old hinges and use a new hinge as a template.

Mortise the hinge locations. Using our secret tricks definitely made the process easier. If the replacement hinges are sized differently from the old ones fill in the mortise holes in both the door and the. One more project ticked off the guest bedroom redo list.

Visit our website for more. 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. If the doorknob is on the left you need a left handed door. Hold the hinge snuggly against the mortise at the top of the old hinges.

Test the hinge image zoom on the latch side a door is cut at a slight bevel to make it easier to close. Some blank doors have a specific swing direction. Prop the new door on its side and use a sharp utility knife to score the mortise for each hinge. Replacing old door knobs and hinges isn t difficult but it did take us a fair amount of time and we only did 3 doors.

Remove the hinge pins and lift the old door out of the frame. Allow the putty time to dry and sand it smooth and flush with the surface. This video will show you how to replace and upgrade your door s hinges the easy way. The easiest way is to replace one hinge at a time.

Paint or stain the repair to match the rest of the door and trim. Take a sharp pencil and draw an outline of the hinge on the door frame. How to tighten a loose hinge step 1. Keep a steady hand around any curved marks to make it easier to chisel out those areas.

You will repeat this process for all the hinges always keeping the hinge aligned with the top of the old location. If the knob is to the right select a right handed door. Place the old door beside the new door and with the. Not only do i have a door that actually stays open now i also have chrome hardware instead of the gold.

Use the same measurements for each hinge on the new door. Open the door and stand with your back to the hinges.