How To Spread A Door Hinge

But don t pull on the door too much or you ll yank the hinge screws right out of the door.

How to spread a door hinge.

How to cut the perfect hinge in minutes. To spread hinges which increases the leaf gap and moves the door away from the hinge jamb i place a nail set between the leaves and close the door pinching the nail set. Remove the screws that hold the loose hinge leaf to the door jamb. The quickest way of dealing with it is a knuckle bender and or a nail set.

This will spread the leaves of the hinge apart. Hold a nailset or cold chisel tightly against the barrel of the hinge then close the door gently on the nailset once or twice. We show you the tools to use and the. Open the door wide and insert a wedge under the bottom outside corner to level it.

If the hinge and jamb are painted cut the paint around the leaf with a utility knife swing the leaf away from the jamb. When refastened the taper pulls the door tighter to the jamb.