Interior doors today are not a luxury, but a veryan important and necessary part of the apartment interior. Correctly selected design and dimensions will please you and others with their quality for many, many years. - this is both a simple and a very difficult task. Especially if you have never done it before. It is better for the professionals to install the door first, and you to observe the process. But what to do if your interior door starts to creak or sag? A possible reason is the door hinges.
Surface mounted hinges require careful installation, as the normal opening of the doors depends on it.
How to install hinges on interior doors?
To install door hinges, you will need:
- pencil;
- loops;
- a building corner;
- cutter (for butterfly loops is not needed);
- screws, screws of the right size and diameter (often come complete with loops);
- core;
- drill for metal of the required diameter (just in case, basically take a drill with a diameter of 2 mm);
- electric drill or perforator;
- The Forstner drill with diameters of 35 mm and 26 mm (depending on the size of the loops).
Scheme .The next step is to choose the type of hinges, the material they are made from, their quantity, etc. As for the type of hinges, there are three: overhead (H), mortise (M) and screw-in (Vv). Overhead hinges are most often used. The prevalence of card hinges is due to their availability, ease of installation, and the lightness of the product design. The material is either brass or steel. There are several types of overhead hanging parts: butterfly hinges, double-sided hinges, with two regular plates. Return to contents</a>
How to install butterfly loops?
Below are step-by-step instructions forinstalling the butterfly hinge yourself. Decide on the placement of the door in the space. How will it be better and more convenient for you to open the door structure: from the left or from the right, inward or away from you? To prevent the doors from sliding, put something made of stable material under them. For example, stretch film, a sheet of thin rubber, etc. The hinges must correspond to the weight of the door. Heavy structures are attached to hangers with five gaps for screws, lighter ones - to four.
Before installing the hinge, you need to do it correctlymake markings. An important fact is to fasten the hinges to the door so that it remains solid, does not sag and so that the load on the hinges is uniform. Basically, a gap of 20 cm is taken from the bottom and top for this. And an indentation is made along the surface to accommodate the hinges 21-22 mm long. If there is a third hinge, then it can usually be placed in the center or closer to the top one. You can attach the hinges to the markings and trace them. You can also attach them with screws and make markings. Choose yourself. Of course, the best option is considered to be the one that does not provide for damage to the door surface. Apply the initial markings of the hinge placement on the door leaf and on the door frame with a pencil. When you are sure of the accuracy of the measurements, mark them with a center punch. Try not to confuse the hinges, the top with the bottom or with the middle one. When making markings, they should be placed with the hinges to the front of the doors. Return to the table of contents</a>
Necessary recommendations
Installing hinges directly on the dooris that you need to attach the hinges exactly to the markings. This will prevent the wood from splitting. After that, you can screw in the screws from the kit. If you screw in the hangers with screws, then a center punch will help you. A slight recess will prevent the screws from "sliding" to the side. Uniform placement of the hinges is measured using a construction square. For long-term operation of the structures, it is very important that these parts are at the same level. If they do not fit tightly to the plane of the door leaf or door frame, then we adjust the uniformity using gaskets or by selecting hinges with a small spread. Do the same procedures on the door frame. Fasten the second part of the hinge and connect the door leaf to the frame. That's it, the installation of overhead hinges on interior doors is complete. Which specific hanging parts to install is up to you and no one else. Overhead butterfly hinges are considered the most convenient models in this case. A small minus concerning the uniformity of the loop distribution on the surface can be easily minimized by pads. We hope that these tips from experienced specialists will help you at the right moment, because now you know how to install loops.
