How to Fit Perfect Door Hinges
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- Опубликовано: 31 май 2024
- With just a couple of easy woodworking techniques and a couple of tips along the way anyone can fit tight, accurate hinges to doors that they will be proud of.
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It’s so perfect, yet something most people wouldn’t even notice- let alone appreciate. maybe I’m a weirdo, but I thoroughly appreciate it and this video🤓
It depends on the person. Those who see it and appreciate it prob know how difficult it is!
I’ve fitted a few hinges during my DIY lifetime but I’ve never known the exact recommended positions or in deed the correct way round to put the hinge, 3 pivots to the frame and 2 to the door. My fittings have been random up to now!
I also won’t be sharpening my pencil any more!
My wife notices lol
@@Mikerumball 😂👍
Superb video 👍🏼👍🏼
As someone who has been an instructor for many years (not joinery or DIY) I can say that this guy is a truly great instructor. Calm, clear and just lets his knowledge flow through him. Top notch.
A great presenter as well.
I've been doing DIY for decades. I don't need this video, I know how to fit hinges. Err well, so I don't know as much as I thought I did. A very useful video, thank you.
Well I'm glad you found something useful in the video!
i am a full on fabrication engineer never really thought about wood work however i found that so satisfying and relaxing just to take your time and appreciate the finishing result
Miss my old carpenter dad so much, he used to handmade all the furniture. Like the old way to do the wood job.
You are such a good teacher! Calm, clear and precise! Thank you. The camera work is also fantastic … and no annoying music. You are a blessing to newbies like me.
Yes he SURE IS! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼😁 And he is more practical in his approach. Great for beginners who may not have all the fancier accessory tools handy.
I haven't put a door on for years. Now we've moved house, the missus wants them all changed, so I'm going to be busy. I like the Stanley knife cut idea . The edges are so clean. You're a great tutor with easy to follow guidance. Thanks.
I have been a chippy for over 32 years and I was taught by the best old time chippys and the hinges should be 6 down and 9 up and cantre and if you open up the hinge you will notice on the one side there is a slot and that is the line for edge of the door you don't fold the hinge in half and push it to the side of door as when you chop it in the hinge won't sit flat, that's how I was taught in college many years ago but if your happy keep up the good work.
Through this video I’m now certain that I’ll will be able to help that cute classmate of mine out which asked me out to help her by installing a door hinge at her place!
Thanks Stuart!
This is the first comment I have ever made on any RUclips video.
I just wanted to say that this is an excellent channel and your way of passing on skills, tips &tricks and general advice is spot on.
Well thank you very much. This is this type of comment that keeps me going!
Absolutely brilliant bloke. His skills, tips, tricks, etc are excellent. And his film-making (or video-making) skills are better than excellent. A thousand thanks.
Precision hinge instalation. I'm 63 now and have installed many doors but you never too old to learn from an expert with some great tips that I have never considered. Great Video
Straight , no muckin about ..... good job... I would have massacred it without this tutorial... Thanks
Made a bunch of ipe doors, then made three jigs to match the hinges. Attached the three jigs to a long strip of wood. Very simple to clamp the jig set up to the door, and then to the jamb and use a palm router and a corner chisel. Horse and buggy was a craftsman's skill but those days are over.
I never use the screws that come with any fittings, hinges or any door fittings because they are usually crap.
Stainless or so soft !
Pilot them and when youve Placed your screw in the pilot hole scrape your knife against a bit of sandpaper over the screw heads.works a treat to stop them slipping out
The hinge screws are find just hit the hinge with the Vix bit to pre-drill very screw your going stick a screw holes on the hinge and lower the torx pressure on your screw gun and hit the center of the hole with an 1/8” drill bit if you don’t have Vix bit, if the Screw is way thicker use a 3/16 drill bit, or the screws heads will snap. Do not use a regular Drill because you can’t control the torx pressure on a regular drill to drill the screws. I’ve installed more than thousands of Doors For Builder Square, HomeDepot & for Lowe’s at their Costumers houses. I’ve made Front Entry Door’s and Raised Panel Cabinets, and installed many Kitchens, custom and store bought cabinets a lot of other wood work. Commercial Building and all their hardware and Complete Houses. From cutting roofs to inside fabricating Interior Dom roof’s to Stair cases hand rails, Crowns, Interior wood work of vehicles. I’m just a very old wood craftsman. Just in case you question my experience. Hope it works for you, cheers.
I use decking screws haha never ever had a problem
The wood in South Africa is so full of knots that The router is the best way, but I do enjoy my antique hand tools from my grandfather.
This installation method is very correct，we are door hinge manufacture in china~！
Brilliant video, great tip about using a stanley knife for anyone that doesnt have a marking gauge. Fantastic attention to detail.
Only another 12 doors and 36 hinges to go! :) (I would like to see him fitting hinges to a door where the frame was already installed.)
Well his method of putting a 12”steel ruler ( not a joiners tool) across the edge of the door to somehow allow marking the hinge depth wouldn’t work as shooting the door in to an old frame requires planing a slight back fall on the edge of the door,all joiners just hold a pencil and run it freehand using door edge to gauge off simple
As beautiful as the Arabic sign in your workshop, beautiful job brother.
What a pleasure to view. No wild American hysterics, no shouting just calm presentation accompanied by good camerawork. I doubt I shall ever fit a door but just really good to watch a skilled man at work. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it
If I'd had teachers like you when I was at school I might have left with more than my bus fare home. As a jobbing handyman, your videos are my first port of call when tackling any job for the first time. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience, please keep up the good work.
I never thought I'd make it through a 15min tutorial on how to fit a door hinge, but it was rivetting throughout and covered more points than I could have imagined! In particular you clearly explained where to site the hinge for which I am grateful. Excellent stuff
He wasn't riveting. He was using screws.
Thanks for this video, it helped me perfectly install my door hinges!
Attention to detail. Very impressive. Good to see. In the pro environment, profit and time constraints mean most would never take the time to do a "proper job",
Amateur me has time on my hands and that Stanley Knife and metal straight edges is something I discovered many moons ago when simply picking up the Stanley Knife instead of the Wood Chisel. A simple mistake like that reaching for the wrong tool teaches you a better technique.
When the time comes to insert the actual door lock into the side of the door, again using the door lock itself as a guide to produce the perfect and neatest aperture, job's a good n.
Yes, few folks would notice if any but as Proper DIY confirms, it is very satisfying to do it right even if few folks would ever appreciate that level of accuracy. Pedant me would notice it though.
Keep this good stuff coming.
This is an excellent video, crafted with intelligence and attention to detail. Thank you so much, you have helped me with techniques that have evaded me throughout the installation of the past dozen or so doors I have hung!
Simple, easy to understand and attention to detail. Proper job! Thanks
The moment I saw him mark a line on a drill bit with a sharpie during the intro so that he knows how deep to drill, I subscribed. Why didn't I ever think of that!!?
Very good video Sir. Love the technique. Also love the close-ups of chisel placement and the careful way you came INSIDE the 'Stanley knife' line. Very methodical and safe way To do it. You may add using a nail punch to mark the drill holes if they don't have a self-centering bit (instead of a nail. Lol. But that's a minor trivial point. Watched several different videos on doing this. I learned a lot from each one. Each one slightly different, but ALL GREAT. Thank you. Looking forward to more of your videos. The others were more for the aspiring Jedi level intermediate folks and DIYers. Yours is more practical and useful for beginners who don't have all the fancy knives, and bits etc.
This is great and very clear. It would be helpful to have a piece on rectifying problems when hanging doors, like when hinges are set too deep or too shallow and the effect this has.
Well Stewart, after discovering your channel last week Ive now completed watching your videos over the weekend and now I must say it’s now getting scary for me, I now feel compelled to get cracking and try just about everything I’ve watched for myself. You explain everything in such a way that a completely novice like me can understand, the knowledge you pass on is invaluable, thank you so much for sharing. Your channel as definitely become my number one go to for learning new skills. Thanks once again, can’t wait for your next video 😊
Thats really good to hear - exactly the aim of the channel! Start with something, it doesn't matter what, go slow and expect some things to go wrong along the way but thats how we all learn! Good luck!
Very good
Very nice explanation, satisfying to see this, keep up on your videos.Thank You from Oregon
I like the way you talk to yourself in the video and don’t cut it out 😂I do that all the time
(I hope all the comments don’t bother you ...I just wanted to show my appreciation and how impressed I am and I’m pretty sure RUclips likes comments, so hopefully you and people reading don’t mind✌🏻😜)
No problem
Hi Stuart
Good video. The hinge space at the top of the door can vary depending upon the age of the property that it is to be fitted into and also the type of door for example fire door will have a full specification on the hinge positioning and the type of furniture that can be fitted. But when I was an apprentice we were told the bottom hinge was to be fitted at 9inch up to avoid the hinge being splashed with water during rain etc and causing corrosion it also helps with access when you are chiselling them out👍👍
Belting job. The tip about chiseling just a millimetre or two from the Stanley line is something I will do next time there's a door to fit.
First class carpenter you take your time and explain things clearly feel confident now I will now tackle my first door? fingers 🤞
Best door hinge video on youtube, real passionate and talented man too🤝💯
I appreciate that
Your channel is one of the best DIY ones. Top tips that make the difficult jobs look easier and less daunting for us novice diy'ers. You are a 🌎 of wisdom. Thank you
Thank you very much
Great thanks, routered out my hinges for 5 door hangs last week, was super proud of my work. After watching this video I feel literally sick even thinking about them. I can't bear to open my doors anymore!
Great work
You are a great teacher and craftsman. It's nice to know that someone still does things the old- fashioned way. But I am so bad at sharpening my tools and can never get a proper result. So I gave up doing things your way a long time ago and use router and home made jig instead.
BTW, I am an 76 year old electrical engineer and ex teacher, so I should know a good one when I see one.
Really appreciate your lesson.
Old school is the best school !! Great tips for the more patient people in the world!! Awesome video
Thank you
You made that look so easy
Very precise and so satisfying to see such a perfect fit. The tip to not use the chisel back against the knife cut line first, but to stay back from line a mm. Or 2 is sage advise ! No overcut or radiused edge around perimeter! Bravo and props to the master woodworker!
Thank you - I've learnt after many years of doing it the wrong way!
A tip I was taught by my carpentry tutor about hinges was most to the post, basically the three part section to the frame and the two part on the door
Best DIY vid I have watched! Many thanks!
Great video as always. 👍
I spent years using a chisel then, one day I thought I’d try a palm router. I’ve never looked back.
Installed a couple of oak double doors last week. Effortless using the router.
The key, as you show here in your video, is the Stanley knife. Without that it’s very hard to get a nice looking finish surrounding the hinge.
That’s what I use, I just set the depth of the router to match the hinge depth, then freehand cut it out, staying clear of the lines, then finish off with a corner chisel and a normal chisel, I have graduated to marking knife from the stanley knife, it’s quick and easy.
That way of marking the depth using the hinge itself as a gauge is brilliant. These tips are adding up so fast, I’m forgetting them before I get to use them 👍🏻
"It's very satisfying being able to take out material up to the very accurate edge without even ever touching that edge". That would define you as a true craftsman, but in your case, I think it borders on artistry. Thank you for sharing and teaching us your skills.
Thank you very much - very kind words.
Thanks for your tutorial on this one task that daunts me on doors. Appreciate you taking the time to share
Engineering precision.
Whereas in my new build, the apprentice chippie has gone at them like Jack Nicholson armed with an axe from The Shining.
Similarly, the chippie on mine must have had his eyes closed at the same time - not a straight line in sight!
that comment actually made me laugh
Haha. I'm doing loads of DIY in my house and finding that the first year apprentice that built my house probably skipped all that training rubbish. My wife even tell friends the apprentice built our house. I have a challenge coming up. How to fix those doors that have closed by themselves since we moved here 1990. Hung on a non-vertical door frames. The levelling and squareness course must have been during nap time.
Some really good quality tips..thanks...how about a tutorial on fitting the door to the frame?
Very very helpful, it enabled me to get it just right, many thanks.
Fantastic. As a TIME SERVED JOINER I would like to advise your viewers that RAZOR SHARP CHISELS makes this task A HELL OF A LOT SIMPLER. That is another skill to learn too. Very neat my friend. 👍👍👍
Hi Ian, I am an old carpenter joiner. At the Theatre where I work we often get outside contractors in to do large builds etc. Very few, if any of the modern day carpenters can sharpen their own chisels. I sharpen all my own tools including my Disston saws, Cast steel marples, Ashley Iles, and Scharwhecter chisels. Plane blades also. I know of no carpenter that has been to our place who can sharpen a plane so it doesn't leave tram lines on wide timber. That's if you can find one who even uses a hand plane. I'm 61 and probably a boring old fart but was always taught that you weren't a Carpenter until you could sharpen your own tools. Sorry!!.........the boring old fart is going now!! 😂😂.
Dave.
Also Ian.....they sell chisels you can use straight out of the box these days!!! 🤣🤣🤣. I've lost count of the times I've seen er...wannabe carpenters using chisels straight out of the box because it says so on the box. And let's face it to them it probably feels sharp!! I always flat grind mine bevel up on an India oilstone to make sure the back is perfectly flat, then I hone the edge....or put on the 2nd edge as my old Dad used to call it. Take the burrs off flat again then wipe off the oil and strop it on the flat palm of my hand. Makes them like razors. It's amazing the amount of people I've sharpened chisels for who test the edge by holding the chisel like you would a hammer and press their thumb on the top!! I have to say Whoa!! Stop!! You'll slice yer thumb off!! Flat grinding hammer forged chisels can take a while though!! 😂😂.
Dave.
Well done Sir Thank You. Learning a timeless skill is always so satisfying. 👍🏼
Another brilliant and well informed video. The job of fitting a hinge seems in my head a simple one, your video shows its a lot harder then you'd imagine but explained it perfectly with detailed easy to follow instructions.
Thank you. I hope it gives you some tips
That is certainly far better then the method that I have been using.
Top notch man.
And no annoying background music.
Interesting spacing. When I did my apprenticeship, I was told it was 6" down & 9" up (something about an optical illusion - it's been a 'few' years) - so what's changed?
Brilliant video, I have always struggled with mounting hinges, really excited to try this method.
Really happy to have found your "proper DIY" videos. Thank you so much, from Australia. No more DYI now only DIY.
Glad you like them!
One of the best DIY videos I have seen foe a long time
Thank you!
This is a REALLY well done video - thanks for taking so much trouble. Also it's quite inspiring to see someone taking so much trouble to do what is in essence a simple job really well.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Sorry, but it is not a simple job.
Now I know where I've been going wrong all these years. Thanks for this Stuart, an excellent tutorial.
Thank you
Thank you, so straightforward in your explanation!
Wow; attention to detail; perfection.
And the clear and concise explanation, with videography to match, is top-notch. Subscribed.
Beautifully installed and well explained. Thank you.
Thanks
Hi, nice job. I see so many butchered hinges these days, nice to see a good finish. Two things that spring to mind. 1 Get a soft-faced dead blow hammer for your chisels, I so hate to see a hammer used as a mallet. Dead blow hammers are much better and your chisels will thank you for it.
2 the back of your chisel looks like it's never seen a stone. The shinier the back of your chisel is the better it will sharpen and cut.
Like many here, I use a small router/trimmer to remove the bulk, but people should use your method if they are just a DIYer
Thanks for the video.
Brilliant. Even the sound of the chisel was enjoyable.
Gotta appreciate that calm and quality of workmanship. 🙏
Thanks
Actually cried out "oh yes!" when I saw you're tackling this haha! I'm changing at least five of my internal doors, and had to repair the chewed up remains of frames where previous occupants botched screwing hinges. I'm eager for more tips on offering up doors with shims, marking for trimming and frame rebates; seems like such a pig of a job but I'm sure there's an easy way. Yes, self-centering drill bits save so much bother, wish I'd bought those years ago. Chisels only for finishing, router with depth stop for rebating on easy mode.
@@kirkhamandy I have a good router, and made a little jig for rebating hinges, but before I get on with the rest of our doors I'm hoping Stu has suggestions that make the hanging easier. That's this week's excuse for putting it off anyway. 😇
Always, ALWAYS use a marking gauge when marking along the grain, i.e for the width and most importantly the depth of the Butt. Yes, use a knife for marking out across the grain.
1) You're assuming DIY'er own marking gauges and 2) I think I've proved you don't need to
Thank you, I thought I knew it all, regarding hinges. Today I learnt the true perfection part of it.
Top job! Really well explained and executed!
I’m a carpenter and I was always taught to pare the material out of the hinge recess with a sweeping motion holding the chisel on the flat. Much faster and far easier than this method….
do a demo on you tube!!
Great video and well explained. Do you by any chance have a video describing how to measure, cut and hang the frame side?. I have a project coming up with 5 doors to fix. Also, the trickiest part is making sure the door latch meets the frame accurately, any help would be appreciated.
Well done. Good tips. Clear presentation. No distracting music.
I love watching tradesmen that know what they're doing ..great video
Another classic video, thanks. I find the really hard part is fitting the door-fitted hinges to the frame accurately - do you rely on measuring and marking?
Thanks. Measuring is not accurate enough. Need to offer the door up an shim in place and then mark as I did with a knife
@@ProperDIY video please!
the best way to mark up for hinges, is to make up a stick, with hinge positions marked, with the door gap at the top marked on the stick, always measure from the top of the door going down. once its made, its easy to mark both frame and door with one stick, and is perfect every time, a rough guide to hinge positions is “the top of top hinge, 6 inches down, the bottom of the bottom hinge, 9 inches up ( from the bottom of the door)
the centre of a centre hinge, central, between top and bottom hinges, ( there is far more forces acting on the top hinge, compared to the bottom one, so its not a bad idea to fit the middle hinge a little above the centre point between top and bottom hinges on the door,
The title should read: "How to fit door hinges perfectly."
It’s marketing he’s trying to sell “Perfect Hinges” - the brand lol 😂
You are perfectly correct
Yeah but we can still understand What he’s saying 👍 it’s no big deal.
@@thedj5914 They didn't say it was
@R S derp 🤷♂️
You did it perfectly cheaply, and quickly. I was just watching another video doing hinges, and the guy spent hours making a jig, and using a band saw, skill saw, and router. Even then.. he wound up BURNING the wood!
As a seasoned carpenter , you have excellent hand tool skills , took me nearly a year to find a way to chop hinges that suits me
Much appreciated
Fantastic skill and brilliant job. I would have got a slap off my old boss for using a hammer rather than a mallet though 😂
Thanks . Depends on the type of chisel. My ones are essentially a steel rod from blade to top so no way they will split
6 zand 9 so they look equal, no other reason
The no.1 RUclips video on how to fit a butt hinge to a door.
So good to watch the art. And so glad there are now jigs for people like me who don't have these skills.
This isn't RUclips DIY, you haven't used a £10k table saw or router table for the smallest of jobs 😂
Having said that, I use my palm router for the bulk since I'm too lazy, I then just use the chisel to clean up the edges, no hammer required!
Palm routers are cheap as chips these days and come in handy for just about anything.
You'll know when I get sponsorship when I start using the big table saw!
I use a palm router ...I have 2 Axminster jigs one set up for 4 inch hinges and one for 3inch hinges really quick and accurate..trend corner chisel to square the corners. they must have paid for themselves ten times over...only have two jigs as I'm too lazy to mess about adjusting them
I'd prefer to use a mallet on my expensive chisels.
I only use cheap chisels
@@ProperDIY me too but I still use a mallet even on my cheap ones.
Outstanding. As a Handyman running a busy business, my customers would not pay me to spend the time but I have certainly learnt something today.
If you are doing this to make money then using a router is a must.
I found this at the perfect time! In s couple weeks I will be hanging a door for the first time!
allways retract your blade on your stanley knife after you use it.
I thought it was 6 and 9 rather than 4.5?
It is
I could only talk for myself, not sure for the others, finally your tips was very helpful, I was doing it to wrong way, thanks to you 🤚👍👏😎
I'm glad they were useful
Wow. Clear and concise. You don't um or err - you just present. You ought really to be on telly.
Use a marking knife not a Stanley knife and for the depth use a marking gauge, also a wider chisel or Butt chisel, why ? 47 years experience.
Why my way? This is a DIY channel for DIY'ers - most don't have a marking knife, marking gauge and a wide chisel!
47 years experience and still watching diy videos? FFS sad or what?
Good job on explaining it through out the video.
Very great job and professional .appreciate the the way you explain things thanks once again for sharing this with us 🙏👍🇩🇰and happy new year
Thanks so much again for your video.
I’m hanging a door on a new office partition I built and was just checking I wasn’t going to make a mess😂
I love the tips you gave as I would have just got into it with the chisel.
I’m nearly 60 and still learning so once again
Thank you 👍
Stay well
Ash from Scotland 🏴
It's good to see the quality of this workmanship, well done sir!
Good to watch a *true* craftsman at work.
Thank you
You give details to teach us much better than so many other sources. Thanks.
As a handyman nice to see a nice clean job. Very similar way to me but I fit hinge were the mortise will be First with two screws then mark around as you did remove hinge and take out waste. 😁