How To Install House Door Hinges

Using a mortising template route matching mortises for the hinges on the door and jamb.

How to install house door hinges.

The door im doing is an interio. Next place your hinge on the door and trace around the hinge with a pencil. Set the door on its side with the inside edge of the door where the hinges will go facing up against a stable surface such as a work bench. It s much easier to do now before the hinges are screwed in and the whole thing is attached to the door.

3 place the hinge on the door as if it were already. With a sharp chisel and hammer cut the wood in the shape of the hinge. To install door hinges on a new door measure and mark where your hinges need to go on the door frame and on the door you re hanging. Use a utility knife to score the outline.

Or simpler how to hang a door. After your three door frame pieces are cut to the correct size prime and paint them.