How To Cut Slab Door For Hinges

Slab doors are basic all purpose doors you install yourself.

How to cut slab door for hinges.

Install the hinges on the door first. Watch how quick and easy it is to precisely cut out a hinge morti. Using a utility knife score a line around the hinge. Get the door hinge jig shown in this video through our l.

Purchase your new door as a slab meaning that it will not have any routes for the hinges or any holes drilled for knobs. Let the home depot show you what it takes to hang a new slab door or to replace a damaged one. Remove the old door and cut the new door down to size. How to install an exterior door slab.

If you have more than 3 16 of an inch to remove you can use a circular saw to do so. In this video home renovation brothers dave and rich show you how to cut out a door hinge. To carve out the mortise place a chisel into the outline grooves and tap the. Before cutting your door hinge mortise place your hinge on top of the door and outline it with a pencil.

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. Chances are that they will be very close to the same size. Go slowly and make a long clean cut.

If you re not steady with your saw you can use a straight edge as a guide. If you have more than an inch to remove take half off the top and half off the bottom. The latch side should be beveled. If you need to trim it plane or saw the hinge side.

Slab doors allow you to match existing jambs by cutting the mortise slots into. This is the perfect tutorial showing you how to cut in the perfect door hinge. Cut the hinge mortises on the slab door. Leah demonstrates how to use a router and jig to cut perfect door hinge mortises quickly and easily.

How to cut the perfect hinge in minutes. Measure the width and height of the existing door and check the new slab. Measure the depth of the hinge and place it aside. Be sure that the door is approximately inch narrower than the jamb opening.

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.