How To Replace A Interior Door

Open the door and shim the bottom edge of the open door to keep the frame tight against the stops on the other side.

How to replace a interior door. Connect the interior doorknob to the door if you don t have a faceplate. I ve condenced everything i ve learned about replacing interior doors down into this 4 minute video. Take your interior knob and align the holes in the knob with the bars on the exterior knob.

Mark the hinge placement. If the doorknob is on the left you need a left handed door. I decided to just replace them with new doors.

We cover measuring cutting plaining hinges and paint. Starting the process with the door closed will hold it in place and prevent it from falling over when you unscrew the hinges. Measure the height of the opening and then measure the width at both the top and the bottom.

We are moving and the people buying our house have asked that we repair a couple of doors which were broken. If the knob is to the right select a right handed door. Check the rough opening.

Measure the distance from the edge. Some blank doors have a specific swing direction. Align the top edge of both doors and use the existing door as a guide for marking the hinge placement on the new door.

It will also create space and make it easier to work 1 x research sourcestep 2 tap out the hinge pins with a screwdriver. The strike side the side with the lockset of these doors has a beveled edge so the door can swing freely. Use a speed square to mark the top and bottom of each hinge on the new door.