Replace Door Hinges Without Removing Door

Repeat process for hinge 3.

Replace door hinges without removing door.

If needed mark and carefully trim the bottom of the new door to fit the existing doorframe. Remove the old door from the jamb. This method allows you to replace each of the door hinges without removing the door from the door frame which makes this a very easy one person job. You don t need to take the whole door down just remove one hinge and replace it with a new one then do the next one and finally swap out the final one.

Leave the hinges on the door. Repeat process for hinge 2. Install the new door hinge and secure all six or eight screws. Mark and trim the new door.

Use your pencil to mark the location of the screws in the jamb. We used a table saw but a circular saw will also do the job. Use a cordless gun to unscrew the hinges from the jamb. Remove the hinges when you re done marking.

Place the door with the exterior side down across two sawhorses. Replace the hinge back in the jamb where you cut the mortise. This took me about 10 minutes. Do the same with the location of the hinge on the door.

When you replace a door slab in an existing frame you may have to mortise the hinges into the door. I ll be replacing all the hardware in the house. Not only do i have a door that actually stays open now i also have chrome hardware instead of the gold. Replacing exising hinges is one possibility and installing hinges on a replacement door slab is a different job.

Measure the existing door and doorframe. The hinges are installed at the factory when the door is assembled. In this jeld wen customer care video you ll learn how to remove and or replace hinges on interior doors.