Fill Door Hinge Mortises

You ll find the thickness of the stick is close to the depth of the recess.

Fill door hinge mortises.

It can take several applications and lots of time. Then place 1 of your hinge s wings flush against the spot where you want it to sit. 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. When it came down to it it was really no big deal.

And the results might still be less than ideal. How to mortise hinges on a standard interior door. 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. The job was to fill the old hinges and strike mortises in casings where doors had been removed.

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. 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. After that i gave the whole door two coats of kilz primer. Position your door so you can clearly see the back edge.

It allows the hinge to fit flat and flush with the edge of the door inside a shallow cut. First i tackled the doorway between the 1st floor hall and the front room. This means filling the door hinge with putty and sanding.