Taking A Door Off Hinges

Make sure you ve got the right tools.

Taking a door off hinges.

The hole is directly underneath the head of. Force the pin up from the door hinge. Unscrew the top hinge from the frame. Before you take to removing the hinge pins it s good form to make sure you.

Unscrew the screws holding the bottom hinge to the door frame using a phillips screwdriver. Don t forget if you need an estimate on replacing your interior doors or taking a door off its hinges give me a call. Pick up the door and line it up with the frame making sure to brace yourself against its centre. 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.

Lodge a book underneath the door for support. Chip paint from the heads of the hinge pins with a utility knife if the hinges have been painted. Insert the tip of a 16d nail into the hole at the bottom of the hinges. Don t forget to check out my other video on how to rehang a door once you take it off.

You can use it for cutting the bottom of doors in place. Removing the door 1. Lotz of logic recap. Often the first step in door repair involves taking the door off its hinges.

Don t worry removing a door from its hinges is an easy task that can be done in under a minute. Could be quite a time saver when you compare it to what it takes to do it otherwise. 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. Spring loaded hinges are always spread out like a butterfly and mounted flat on the outer frame.

You re going to be destabilizing your door so it s really important. How to get a door off of its hinges 1. Move on to work the other hinges into place. Open the door to carefully remove it.

I hope this video has shown you how easy you can do this project. Make a cut around. Lay the door on a flat surface and unscrew the hinges from the door. 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.

Tip it slightly towards the top until you engage the knuckles of the top hinge. Best of all it only requires a hammer and a small screwdriver.