Fill Door Hinge Mortises

If you ve recently removed a door from its frame to replace it with another door that will use hinges in different locations or that will hang on the other side of the frame or if you don t plan to fill the space with another door you ll need to fill in the cutouts you made in the door frame when you first installed the hinges.

Fill door hinge mortises.

And the results might still be less than ideal. I don t know why i stressed over the job and put it off for so long. Typically middle hinges go in the exact center of the door top hinges sit 7 in 18 cm below the top of the door and bottom hinges rest 11 in 28 cm above the bottom of the door. Then place 1 of your hinge s wings flush against the spot where you want it to sit.

It allows the hinge to fit flat and flush with the edge of the door inside a shallow cut. First fill the recess with a piece of a paint stir stick. Doors must be mortised to make hinges fit properly. After that i gave the whole door two coats of kilz primer.

After all of them were in place i went back with the orbital sander on the sides and top to make sure we were as flat and smooth as can be. The job was to fill the old hinges and strike mortises in casings where doors had been removed. When it came down to it it was really no big deal. Position your door so you can clearly see the back edge.

First i tackled the doorway between the 1st floor hall and the front room. There was a slight gap between some of the 2 4 pieces and the door frame so luke came in with some finishing caulk and filled it. You ll find the thickness of the stick is close to the depth of the recess.