HOW TO MARK HINGE POSITIONS ON A NEW INTERNAL DOOR

Door frame marked out, excess wood removed and new hinges fixed in position

Tools required :- Wood chisel, hammer, pencil, various screwdrivers, battery / power drill, small drill bit, wedges, dust sheet. When the new door is cut and planed to size it is ready to have the hinge positions marked out. The hinge recesses on the door frame and door edge can also be cut using your wood chisel and hammer. Place each of the hinges on the door frame where the originals were fixed in place, mark out around the new hinge with your pencil and cut out an appropriate recess to suit the new hinge with your wood chisel and hammer (see Fig 1). Whenever you are using … [Read more...]