New Door Hinges Not Closing

The hinges are all standard 3 12 inch 5 8 radius and fit perfectly where the old hinges were.

New door hinges not closing.

If the door will still not close add another matchbook and repeat steps 2 and 3 until the door closes tightly. When i attempt to close the door now the door hits the stop on the hinge side before it s completely closed making it impossible to close the door. We recently installed new door knobs and hinges to update all of our pre hung doors. That may be difficult on older painted doors.

If that doesn t solve the problem try this trick. Throw the hinges i m not talking out the window here if you don t want to cause any re decorating you can adjust a door by the hinges. Tighten the hinges first. Use a hinge leaf as a template to make a cardboard.

If a door binds and a loose hinge is not the problem close it until it just touches the jamb don t force it closed and use a pencil to scribe a line where the door needs to be trimmed. The idea is to bend the good hinge slightly to get it the same as the bent hinge. Hollow core doors can become permanently warped or twisted over time as a house sinks and compresses them making their defects nearly impossible to correct. Remove one of the screws on the jamb side of the hinge and drive in a 3 in.

If you find that the latch contacts the strike plate too high or too low make sure all the door s hinge screws are tight. But one door will not freely close. The ideal is a 1 8 inch gap between the door and jamb at all points. If the door sticks the screws will come loose again.

Everything went smoothly for all the doors except for one door which is actually one of our newer doors. Test each screw by tightening it with a screwdriver. For self closing cabinet hinges adjusting the door until both the top and bottom are the same distance from the cabinet face should be done first. Check the door for binding and correct any problems.

A hinge can often work loose binding the door against the frame. Then re nail the door stops on leaving a 1 2mm gap all the way around to allow for paint fix them tighter if no decorating needs doing afterward. Take it off de nail it and close the door so it latches shut. When this distance is too great the cabinet door won t.

The front adjustment screw controls the distance between the hinge and the side of the cabinet. I replaced the 3 5 hinges on an interior door with hinges of the same size. Mark both sides of the door. Then tighten the screw with a screwdriver.

If you ve checked the hinges latch and fit but the door still doesn t close properly consider installing a new door. But frequently the solution is on the hinge side. People usually try to plane off the edge. The only difference that i can see between the old and new hinges is that the barrels on the old set are slightly larger.