How To Hinge One Door To Another

Ask this old house carpenter nathan gilbert helps general contractor tom silva change the swing of an entry door subscribe to this old house.

How to hinge one door to another.

New doors also known as door blanks have smooth sides without any existing hinge locations. To make your doorway accessible a 36 door is ideal. Connect the door to the jamb. Now it was time to mortise out the hinges.

Closet doors on the other hand do not have the same code requirements and come in a range of sizes. You can move the door and move the hinges to the new location by chiseling the wood door. Line up the two hinge plates so that the ones on the door match the ones in the jamb. If you re hanging new doors onto old frames you will need to cut or mortise new hinges onto the door.

You just get a bag of shims place the door in its closed position and then use the shims to hold it in place. Slide the hinge pins into place and remove the blocks from the door. Hold the door in place using blocks under the bottom to support it if necessary. You will need to place a thin piece of similar wood in the side of the door for each unused hinge slot for a good appearance.