Installing Exterior Door Hinge Screws

Use a drill or screwdriver and the package screws to secure the two sides of the hinge to the jamb and the door.

Installing exterior door hinge screws.

Now the hinge side is secure. Remove the door from the frame and set it aside. Place your new hinge over the location of the old one. Now lubricate the hinges with oil and add some drops at the top of the raised pin.

You test out the new hinges everyone is happy well it s usually not that easy especially when it comes to a door that has been removed from the door jam and hinges multiple times. Drive 3 inch 7 62cm screws through the shims at the hinge sites on the hinge jamb. Place a solid shim behind the site of the lock strike. Install a new door lock and door knob by inserting the latch through the hole for the new parts.

The wrong way is a temporary fix not cool. Place the hinge pin in the hinge to secure the new hinge. From the outside finish driving in the screws. How one pro installs a door in four easy steps 1.

Install the new hinge. You unscrew the hinge screws from both the door jam and door. Once you have an indent on the edge of your door slide the latch into the cross bore with the bevel facing the door jamb and secure it against the indent with two short screws. From the inside check that the frame is centered in the rough opening and still plumb.

Avoid damage to the screws by using a hand screwdriver. Fix it the right way not the wrong way. The hinge side of the door has to be plumb or the door will swing open or closed on its own. You put on the new hinges with the screws that came with them.

Install shims between the framing and the jamb then nail through the jamb with 10d galvanized casing nails. Shim at each hinge above and below the strike and anywhere else needed to keep the. If you prefer the smaller round drive in faceplate use a flathead screwdriver to remove the screws on the flat faceplate and support plate. Using a nail insert it beneath the hinge pins and push them halfway up.

Place shims above each screw location on the hinge side. Screw the hinge side jamb to the stud. Drill pilot holes through the hinges and drive screws partway in. Secure the remaining jambs all the way around the door always driving the screws or nails whatever is suggested by the manufacturer through the shims.

Open and close the door to verify that the oil gets all the way to the bottom part of the hinge pin. Plumb the hinge jamb.