Replacing And Changing Hinges On Some Doors

The doors are solid core oak doors.

Replacing and changing hinges on some doors.

Replacing old door knobs and hinges and the best kept secret to help you do it. Not only do i have a door that actually stays open now i also have chrome hardware instead of the gold. Use a finish nail or an awl to mark the screw locations. 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.

Allow the putty time to dry and sand it smooth and flush with the surface. Fourth you can cheat the doors a little when hanging them. Don t get me wrong i love living in our old home but it does come with certain challenges. Third when putting the hinges on we put a few on upside down yeah oops and yes it makes a difference and that s exactly what hanging doors at midnight will get you.

Use a metal scraper to fill in the screw holes or plug them with a small wood wedge. I have installed some new standard 3 door hinges with a small corner radius on a 32 door. I ll be replacing all the hardware in the house over time so eventually it s all chrome. This took me about 10 minutes.

Take a sharp pencil and draw an outline of the hinge on the door frame. Position the new hinges an equal distance from the top and bottom of the door. The easiest way is to replace one hinge at a time. You will repeat this process for all the hinges always keeping the hinge aligned with the top of the old location.

Set a combination square at the 2 inch mark. The hinges appear to look fine and fit perfectly flush in the existing grooves in both the frame and door. Hold the hinge snuggly against the mortise at the top of the old hinges. I unscrewed the hinges from the frame and took the doors off filled in the hinge holes with wood putty and let that cure for a couple of days.

Oh the joys of living in an old home she says sarcastically. If the replacement hinges are sized differently from the old ones fill in the mortise holes in both the door and the door frame with wood putty.