How To Change Door Hinges To Other Side

Remove the two screws on the bottom of the fridge frame the new hinge side.

How to change door hinges to other side.

If your washer door s in the way it s no big deal to change it over. Changing the direction in which it opens and closes is an easy process to complete. Set your strike plate in place there with the beveled lip facing the door as it closes and trace the hole in the strike plate. Until i tried to close it.

Work the knob several times. Screw the door on in the opposite direction using the new hinge mortises. Changing the hinge and swing sides of a door is easy to do using its edit handles or the change opening hinge side and change swing side edit buttons. This took a long time.

If you re moving the door so it swings from the opposite side but still swings into the same room you won t have to change the door stop molding router or chisel new hinge and strike plate recesses on the opposite jamb. You may need to tilt the fridge door slightly and slide the top pivot pin in as you bring the door down. Remove the existing door hinges and strike plate from the doorjamb. Just note that switching your washer door to the other side only works on select front load models.

On the other side of the jamb where the hinges previously were mark where the door latch hits the jamb. No getting around it. If these are incorrect you ll need to go about the aforementioned steps on cutting the mortise and preparing the door jamb for the new hinge. With your 1 inch boring bit drill down at the hole deep enough to receive the latch.

Once the hinges were all in their new positions it was time to try putting the door back on. 5 reverse the door stops at the bottom of the refrigerator and. The hinges should be placed so that one is 7 inches from the top of the door frame and the other is located 11 inches from the bottom of the door frame. It will leave a small mark where the striker hits the side of the door jamb.

Unscrew the hinge pin with the adjustable wrench move it to the other hole in the bottom hinge and tighten it with the wrench. You can also use the edit handles to switch the side of the door connected to the doorway if there is no hinge as is the case with a slider pocket and bi fold doors. You may need to adjust the direction of the door due to the layout of your laundry room. And then i had to repeat the process to move the hinges to the other side of the door itself.

You can change the way a dryer door swings open. If you think this sounds a little tedious well it is.