Replace Door Hinges One At A Time

We knew that we needed to drill a hole for the new door knob but first we had to fit the latch and faceplate.

Replace door hinges one at a time.

Install each leaf with two screws only not quite fully tightened. Take a sharp pencil and draw an outline of the hinge on the door frame. Then shut the door and take the rest of the bolts out. Not only do i have a door that actually stays open now i also have chrome hardware instead of the gold.

Hold the hinge snuggly against the mortise at the top of the old hinges. With the door hinges done and the door hung it was time to tackle the door knobs. The easiest way is to replace one hinge at a time. This took me about 10 minutes.

Once you have the hinge rebuilt put it back in and tighten it up. Once you have shimmed the door you can replace the hinges. The door is supported on the striker and the other hinge. Visit our website for more.

I just had to chisel it out so the faceplate was flush. You will repeat this process for all the hinges always keeping the hinge aligned with the top of the old location. 1 first you ll need to remove the screws on both leaves of the existing hinge. On the top hinge there is one bolt that goes to the door that needs to be taken out with the door open.

There s no need to remove the door if you replace hinges one at a time. Only do one hinge at a time. Start with the top. Once we were sure the latch.

You don t need to take the whole door down just remove one hinge and replace it with a new one then do the next one and finally swap out the final one. This video will show you how to replace and upgrade your door s hinges the easy way. When each hinge is in place with two screws in each leaf tighten all the screws and try the door. Then remove the hinge pins one at a time and drop in new bushings.

Remove the old hinges and use a new hinge as a template. Then move on to the next hinge then the next until they are all replaced. 2 simply remove and replace the old hinge with the new hinge.