Taking A Door Off Hinges

How to get a door off of its hinges 1.

Taking a door off hinges.

Lay the door on a flat surface and unscrew the hinges from the door. You re going to be destabilizing your door so it s really important. Before you take to removing the hinge pins it s good form to make sure you. The hole is directly underneath the head of.

Open the door to carefully remove it. Removing the door 1. Best of all it only requires a hammer and a small screwdriver. Often the first step in door repair involves taking the door off its hinges.

Lotz of logic recap. Make sure you ve got the right tools. Don t forget to check out my other video on how to rehang a door once you take it off. Spring loaded hinges are always spread out like a butterfly and mounted flat on the outer frame.

Slide a piece of cardboard under the door to protect the floor then ease the door off the hinges by lifting slightly at the knob with one hand and under one of the hinges with the other hand photo 3. Don t forget if you need an estimate on replacing your interior doors or taking a door off its hinges give me a call. Unscrew the top hinge from the frame. Force the pin up from the door hinge.

Insert the tip of a 16d nail into the hole at the bottom of the hinges. So the only way to get a door open when you re on the outside and it s locked from the inside is to remove the door from its hinges. Make a cut around. Tip it slightly towards the top until you engage the knuckles of the top hinge.

Lodge a book underneath the door for support. Cutting doors without taking them off the hinges i m not sure if this is the exact tool but it is pretty close and looks similar to what i was looking at. Don t worry removing a door from its hinges is an easy task that can be done in under a minute. I hope this video has shown you how easy you can do this project.

Unscrew the screws holding the bottom hinge to the door frame using a phillips screwdriver. Move on to work the other hinges into place. If you ve done it correctly the weight of your internal door should now be hanging on the top hinge. If the weight of the door makes it difficult to separate the hinges wedge a pry bar under the door to take the weight off the hinges.

You can use it for cutting the bottom of doors in place. Could be quite a time saver when you compare it to what it takes to do it otherwise.