Lay the old door back on top of the new one and then transfer your hinge mortise lock set mortises and door hole outlines.
Oper way to put hinge on door and jamb.
Using a mortising template route matching mortises for the hinges on the door and jamb.
These notches or mortises should be just deep enough to.
Attach the hinges to the jamb and the door.
Notes on door hinge placement hinge placement varies depending on whether your door is left swing or right swing in swing or out swing.
Score the outer edges.
Attach it using your hammer and a nail or two.
Door hinges which way is up.
Once the door is shimmed all the way up tight to the quarter check the reveal along the top and the sides.
If the existing jamb is out of square it will show up along the top.
However when hanging my own doors i like to put the three knuckle leaf on the door for the simple reason that it s easier to re hang the door.
Begin with the mortises on the door then the mortises on the jamb.
Cut shims to match the dimensions of the hinge cutouts.
When you install a door hinge you need to make notches for it on the edge of the door and on the jamb or the door won t close properly.
Put your hinge in place on the door and the jamb and use a carpenters pencil to carefully trace around the hinge.
Double check to make sure that your outlines match the same location on the door and jamb before moving to the next step.
Step 2 insert a shim into the cutout.
Trace around the hinge.
Use a combination square to lay out the mortises making sure that you re transferring the proper width and height of the outlines.
I took all the doors off the hinges and the hinges off the jambs and doors in order to paint all the woodwork trim and doors in my house.
Screw the door frame together with 2 1 2 inch screws.
I wasn t paying attention and forgot to note which part of the hinge goes back on the door and jamb.
Hinges have two parts one with 2 rings and another with 3 rings that the pin passes through.
The depth of the hinge on the jam should always be as thick as the hinge is.