The door im doing is an interio.
How to leave room for hinges door width.
Count all of your interior and exterior doors.
Record the height from the floor to the inside edge of the top of the doorway and the width from inner edge to the opposite inner edge.
3 inches 3 1 2 inches 4 inches.
With very few exceptions all standard door hinges are squares and sized in 1 2 increments ex.
Measure the distance from the bottom of the straightedge to the bottom of the radius.
Lay the hinge on the edge of the door with the bottom of the hinge on your mark.
Do not rest one side of the straightedge on the head of the hinge pin.
Educate yourself on the different types of residential hinges for interior and exterior doors.
The doors with considerable width values increase the bending moment acting on the hinges.
Measure 10 inches from the bottom of the door and make a mark with the pencil.
Educate yourself on how to determine the size of a hinge.
This usually results in the necessity to increase the mass value of the door for the purpose of the sizing of the hinges to be applied.
Determine the size of the hinge s corner radius if the corner is not square.
Place the door into the frame and see if it fits.
In this video i m showing how to fit a door hinges on to the door and on the door frame.
Check to see if the door fits.
Sizing hinges for oversize doors.
The measurement will either be 1 4 or 5 8 inch.
Or simpler how to hang a door.
Remember there should be a gap of 2mm about the width of a nickel around the sides and top and a gap of 8mm on the bottom.
An easy way to check the top and bottom is to sit the door on the floor.
Most residential doors use a 3 1 2 x 3 1 2 hinges.
Annex d of en 19035 will help with its evaluation and sizing table.
Make another mark on the door through.
When planning your door hinge purchase we recommend that you understand your options before making a purchase by taking the following steps.
Run your tape measure along the side of the doorway and.
The standard 2 inch width works well in most newer constructions where doors are located near the edges of the room and carpenters won t have enough room to install anything wider.