Hang Door Without Hinges

New doors also known as door blanks have smooth sides without any existing hinge locations.

Hang door without hinges.

Installing a screen door can give you all the benefits of the outdoors without all the bugs and other. If the doorknob is on the left you need a left handed door. Align the old and new door slabs if you have the original door. Then install the bottom shims and finally fill in the middle.

Screw the hinge side jamb to the stud remove the door from the frame and set it aside. To do this place both doors next to each other on the thin long sides with the hinges on the old door facing up. Open the door and stand with your back to the hinges. Measure this distance and mark the location on the frame and then do the same on the door that you re hanging.

Using both hands lift the door off the hinge knuckles. One hinge is located 7 inches from the top of the door frame and the other hinge is located 11 inches from the bottom of the door frame. Leave the wall side knuckles attached to the door jamb. Tack a pair of tapered shims at the top hinge.

If the knob is to the right select a right handed door. Some blank doors have a specific swing direction. Remove the hinge leaves from the jamb. If you are hanging a slab door to replace an existing door and you still have the original door you can measure your new door slab to fit the frame by aligning it with the old door.

Hang your new door and test fit everything. Most doors require a minimum of two hinges. The strike side the side with the lockset of these doors has a beveled edge so the door can swing freely.