Installing Non Mortise Hinges For Interior Doors

Some blank doors have a specific swing.

Installing non mortise hinges for interior doors.

Open the door and stand with your back to the hinges. But you can use a no mortise hinge for other types of installations. No need to mortise anything. Drill door holes next you ll need to drill the hole for the door knob and the lock set.

Swing the hinge plates over and move the door up or down left. A block plane would probably be the best tool to use though a bench plane will work fine also. Using a hole saw that is the correct diameter for your knob gently drill out the hole for the knob. As for the back beveling you can use a hand plane.

If you have purchased a standard interior door blank without mortises you can cut them yourself with a chisel and fit the new door to your jambs which may already have hinges on them from a. Hold the door up at a 90 degree angle to the opening. This offset is the key to making the installation of the hinge a snap. If the knob is to the right select a right handed door.

Then using a spade bit drill a hole through the lock set mortise into the knob s hole. Clamp the board down and just run the plane down the side 2 maybe 3 times at a slight angle 3 5 degrees no more. The first thing you ll need to do is to create a slight back bevel on the hinge side of the door. The process that follows for installing a no mortise hinge covers typical installation where the door is inset in a basic cabinet.

The process that follows for installing a no mortise hinge covers typical installation where the door is inset in a basic cabinet. Since there aren t any mortises to help align the door and case with each other you ll need another method. If the doorknob is on the left you need a left handed door.