New Door Slab Does Not Match Hinge Configuration

Mortise the hinge openings using a chisel and utility knife photo 4.

New door slab does not match hinge configuration.

If the hinges do not match up take the door out and adjust we had to adjust the bottom one down a little. Even if weight is not an issue a pre hung door is bulky and unwieldy to move. Purchase your new door as a slab meaning that it will not have any routes for the hinges or any holes drilled for knobs. When the door is placed directly on the floor and it s not level it causes one side of the door hinge or latch side to be higher than one another.

Resetting the hinges can correct those problems. Remove the hinge pins and lift the old door out of the frame. Let the home depot show you what it takes to hang a new slab door or to replace a damaged one. Measure the width and height of the existing door and check the new slab.

The most likely cause is that the floor is not perfectly level. If the door binds on the hinge side the hinges may be too deep. That way we can line everything up to make it work perfectly with our existing jamb. Mount the hinges on the new door and hang the door.

Once the hinges have been installed remove the pin from the new hinges and fit the door into the door frame. Weighing between 50 and 100 pounds a pre hung interior door with a hollow core slab is the lightest pre hung door you can buy. If the door binds and the hinges are secure the problem may be with the hinge mounts. If the hinge leaf fastened to the door is not set fully in the mortise because of paint plaster tape or misalignment the hinges will bind.

If the mortise in the jamb is set too close to the stop the door will bind against the stop. Open and close the door to find the problem. Once the hinges match up insert the pins. Mark any top or.

Slab doors typically do not have a left or right side but if your door clearly has an exterior side the hinge. The easiest way to solve this problem is when installing the door space the jambs off the floor when possible. This might cause the door to creak or to spring back from a closed position. If the old door was trimmed at the bottom and you were happy with the gap at the floor cut the new door to match.

Pre hung doors are heavy and hard to manage. Once you ve finished mortising the hinges set the door upright and bore the lockset holes. Look for signs of abrasion on the edge of the door and for uneven gaps between the jamb and the door. If the door binds on the knob side the hinges are too shallow.

Chances are that they will be very close to the same size. See where the old hinge was notched out on the door.