New Door Slab Does Not Match Hinge Configuration

Pre hung doors are heavy and hard to manage.

New door slab does not match hinge configuration.

The easiest way to solve this problem is when installing the door space the jambs off the floor when possible. Slab doors typically do not have a left or right side but if your door clearly has an exterior side the hinge. Look for signs of abrasion on the edge of the door and for uneven gaps between the jamb and the door. If the old door was trimmed at the bottom and you were happy with the gap at the floor cut the new door to match.

Purchase your new door as a slab meaning that it will not have any routes for the hinges or any holes drilled for knobs. If the mortise in the jamb is set too close to the stop the door will bind against the stop. We ll also so you the tools required for this moderately diffi. Let the home depot show you what it takes to hang a new slab door or to replace a damaged one.

When the door is placed directly on the floor and it s not level it causes one side of the door hinge or latch side to be higher than one another. Even if weight is not an issue a pre hung door is bulky and unwieldy to move. Once the hinges have been installed remove the pin from the new hinges and fit the door into the door frame. If the hinge leaf fastened to the door is not set fully in the mortise because of paint plaster tape or misalignment the hinges will bind.

Weighing between 50 and 100 pounds a pre hung interior door with a hollow core slab is the lightest pre hung door you can buy. Remove the hinge pins and lift the old door out of the frame. Open and close the door to find the problem. If the door binds on the hinge side the hinges may be too deep.

Resetting the hinges can correct those problems. See where the old hinge was notched out on the door. This might cause the door to creak or to spring back from a closed position. That way we can line everything up to make it work perfectly with our existing jamb.

If the hinges do not match up take the door out and adjust we had to adjust the bottom one down a little. Chances are that they will be very close to the same size. Once the hinges match up insert the pins. If the door binds on the knob side the hinges are too shallow.

Mortise the hinge openings using a chisel and utility knife photo 4. The most likely cause is that the floor is not perfectly level. If the door binds and the hinges are secure the problem may be with the hinge mounts. Once you ve finished mortising the hinges set the door upright and bore the lockset holes.

Place the old door beside the new door and with the hinge sides abutted use clamps to hold the two doors together. Mark any top or.