Fitting Front Door Hinges

Butt hinges are the most common type of hinges used on entry doors and passage doors as well as some cabinet doors.

Fitting front door hinges.

The leaf plates come together and are hidden between the door and frame when the door is closed so that the only thing visible is the barrel of the hinge. How to determine hinge spacing on a door. Fit hinges to frame. Full mortise for these the door hinge is designed to have a leaf each installed on the door and the frame with each one sunk into the wood in a spot that s been carved to fit it.

Always make sure that your door hinges are of the correct weight to hold the door. Measure this distance and mark the location on the frame and then do the same on the door that you re hanging. We sell in single door hinge quantities to allow you to buy as many as your project requires 2 hinges are required for interior doors 3 hinges are required for exterior doors or fire doors. One hinge is located 7 inches from the top of the door frame and the other hinge is located 11 inches from the bottom of the door frame.

Chisel out recesses for the hinges and screw the hinges to the door. When a door starts to sag and hang crooked it always does so from the top so the upper part of the doorknob side is where it will start to catch. Locks for exterior doors should carry a kite mark and be passed to british standard bs3621 in fact most insurance. The fitting of door hinges is extremely important.

Half mortise in this case the leaf that s installed on the door side is sunk into the wood in a spot carved to fit it while the leaf installed on the. Most doors require a minimum of two hinges.