New Door Hinges Don T Line Up

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New door hinges don t line up. You can see the existing holes from where the old door has been removed. Leah demonstrates how to move the hinges from one place on the door to another using a dutchman to fill the existing mortise. Our door frame has the 3 notches installed so on our door we installed the hinge that has 2 notches. People usually try to plane off the edge.

I ve been replacing my door hinges from the old rusted golden ones to a more modern silver look i ve gotten my interior ones no problem. The screw holes don t line up and you can see that when you screw the new screws in they won t be a tight fit now. That may be difficult on older painted doors. This basically means that the lockside frame and the hinge side frame are twisted in the rough opening.

A hinge can often work loose binding the door against the frame. If the hinges do not match up take the door out and adjust we had to adjust the bottom one down a little. Doors that bind or will not close properly are common problems. Jump to latest follow 1 5 of 5 posts.

Discussion starter 1 apr 5 2013. Joined apr 5 2013 4 posts. The ideal is a 1 8 inch gap between the door and jamb at all points. Before trying to trim the door open it and examine the hinges.

I presume you have both sides of the door lock so you can replace catch on your door frame to line up with the door. Trying to put on new door hinges scew holes don t line up. If the lock side doesn t line up perfectly with the hinge side the door will appear to be extending into the room or not fit tightly to the door stop. Existing screw holes don t work.

But frequently the solution is on the hinge side. Hanging a door is not as easy as removing one and fitting an old door on to a different frame can have it s problems. Then position the door with hinges in place. This is because the old screw holes are.

Once the hinges have been installed remove the pin from the new hinges and fit the door into the door frame. Mark both sides of the door. The door needs to follow the same plane as the hinge side. Test each screw by tightening it with a screwdriver.