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Bending Hinges to Adjust Doors

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I have covered this technique many times--in the Doorhangers DVD (NOW on YouTube for FREE!!!), in the Doorhanger's Handbook, now titled Installing & Hanging Doors (AMAZON), in Fine Homebuilding, in JLC magazine, at shows, on my website, etc. etc., but finally, here it is on YT--a technique every carpenter should be familiar with and CAREFUL when using! ...more
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move the door further away from the jamb

1:22

adjust by spreading the hinge on the top of the door

1:49

move this door down with the bottom near toward the strike jamb

2:31

space the door a little bit more off the jamb

4:40

adjust the hinge

5:12

shim them between the jamb and the back of the hinge

5:55

bend the hinge by pulling line on a crescent wrench

6:18

sticking it right in between the pin and the hinge

7:10

bend the knuckles in this direction toward the strike

8:22

drawing the whole door back toward the hinge

8:33

tighten it up on the barrel

8:47

move the door back toward the hinge side

9:42

rip the hinge screws right out the back of the door

10:25

move the door away from the hinge

10:35

bring the door over toward this jamb a bit more and spread the bottom hinge

12:02

adjust it into exactly the right position

12:44
Bending Hinges to Adjust Doors
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2019Oct 24
I have covered this technique many times--in the Doorhangers DVD (NOW on YouTube for FREE!!!), in the Doorhanger's Handbook, now titled Installing & Hanging Doors (AMAZON), in Fine Homebuilding, in JLC magazine, at shows, on my website, etc. etc., but finally, here it is on YT--a technique every carpenter should be familiar with and CAREFUL when using!

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THISisCarpentry

216K subscribers