How To Cut Slab Door For Hinges

If you need to trim it plane or saw the hinge side.

How to cut slab door for hinges.

Get the door hinge jig shown in this video through our l. Let the home depot show you what it takes to hang a new slab door or to replace a damaged one. Slab doors are basic all purpose doors you install yourself. If you re not steady with your saw you can use a straight edge as a guide.

How to cut the perfect hinge in minutes. Measure the depth of the hinge and place it aside. If you have more than 3 16 of an inch to remove you can use a circular saw to do so. Cut the hinge mortises on the slab door.

In this video home renovation brothers dave and rich show you how to cut out a door hinge. Purchase your new door as a slab meaning that it will not have any routes for the hinges or any holes drilled for knobs. Remove the old door and cut the new door down to size. Go slowly and make a long clean cut.

Leah demonstrates how to use a router and jig to cut perfect door hinge mortises quickly and easily. This is the perfect tutorial showing you how to cut in the perfect door hinge. How to install an exterior door slab. Install the hinges on the door first.

Using a utility knife trace along the outline to create small groves then make a cut on the front or back side of the door indicating the mortise s depth. We ll also so you the tools required for this moderately diffi. Using a utility knife score a line around the hinge. Once you have marked out where the hinges will go place one of the hinges in its specified location.

That way we can line everything up to make it work perfectly with our existing jamb. Then use the utility knife to draw straight notch marks at the depth of the hinge across the. How to cut out slots for door hinges in a slab door. If you have more than an inch to remove take half off the top and half off the bottom.

Slab doors allow you to match existing jambs by cutting the mortise slots into. Chances are that they will be very close to the same size. The latch side should be beveled. Before cutting your door hinge mortise place your hinge on top of the door and outline it with a pencil.

Be sure that the door is approximately inch narrower than the jamb opening. We show you the tools to use and the.