Tips For Installing Hinges.pdf

Tips for Installing Hinges

W hen installing hinges, you need to be ready to make a few adjustments. This

can mean putting on and taking off the door a few times. And one thing to avoid is

breaking one of the brass woodscrews. So I use a single steel woodscrew to hold

each leaf during the fitting process, see top photo below.

And if the hinge mortise is too deep, use a thin piece of cardboard as a shim, see

bottom photo below.

STEEL WOODSCREWS

One frustration you want to avoid is

breaking a brass woodscrew. So when

fitting a door, use a steel woodscrew in

the hinge leaf.

CARDBOARD SHIM

If the gap between the door and the case

is too narrow, of if the gap tapers from top

to bottom, try adding a thin cardboard

shim under one or both hinge leaves.