In this video i m showing how to fit a door hinges on to the door and on the door frame.
Fitting stable door hinges.
How to determine hinge spacing on a door.
Rising butts are fitted to doors which require raising when opened such as doors of rooms with carpets or rugs that prevent doors fully opening when the bottom edge of the door meets the edge of the floor covering.
A spare hinge of the same size makes it easy to test fit the mortise and to mark the screw locations.
Then line up a combination square with the old door s hinge mortises and transfer their locations to the new door marking the edges with a utility knife.
The fitting of rising butt hinges is a simple job of carpentry.
There are two leafs to hang so four hinges two weather moulds locks catches and bolts that all need to be fitted perfectly for the.
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.
The door im doing is an interio.
To transfer the hinge locations from the door slip or wedge the door into position with the hinge fully open and make fine knife lines along the top and bottom of the knuckle.
Otherwise you have to remove a hinge from the door.
Fitting stable doors is twice as much work and more than an individual exterior door.