Options for installing hinges on interior doors

Very often, poor-quality fittings or their not entirely correct installation lead to such door defects as creaking, deformation of the door leaf and spontaneous opening of the door. Often the installation of doors is carried out by the company that installs the doors, but when buying a collapsible model, you often have to do the installation yourself. Or just sometimes the moment comes when it's time to put new fasteners.

Hinge sizes are different, so today you can install anything that you think fits your door leaf. The choice is really great. If we talk about the material, then today you can buy steel, brass, brass-plated hinges.

Steel hinges are a mount that does not grind, which means it will last a long time. Brass hinges are the most popular, everything is simple - brass is easy to process, chrome, polish. For the manufacture of brass compositions, different alloys are used, and on top they are covered with chrome, bronze, gold.

The weight of the fittings on which the door is to be mounted is also very important. Sometimes a couple of loops are not enough to do everything right. Then the number of hinges increases to three if the door is heavy and massive. And if the products are also equipped with bearings, then they will not creak even under heavy load.

Which hinges are better to put on interior doors

So, the loops differ in size, also in the number of holes, in the way of opening, in the mechanism of action, etc. Two card hinges will not be able to hold a heavy massive door, in this case there must be heavy welded elements. Plastic doors use some canopies, it is customary to install wooden ones on others, etc.

Types of door hinges:

• Overhead- they do not need any grooves or recesses;
• Mortise- are installed in a certain recess, which is made both in the canvas and in the box;
• screwed- they have special screws that are built into the platform;
• corner- these are models that are used to install the pendulum system.

Also, the loops can be left, respectively, right, and it is also worth highlighting the popular range of universal loops. To determine what kind of loops you need, you can do the following. You need to stand facing the doorway, evaluate where exactly the canvas opens, the door, remember, can only open forward in the direction of movement (if this is correct).

Precise insertion of hinges in interior doors

Marking is the first step in installing loops. You can mark the attachment point as follows: step back 20 cm from the top and bottom of the door leaf, the initial lines are marked with a pencil. Then the loops are applied to the marks made, the contour is outlined, the points at the attachment points are indicated.

To ensure the free movement of fasteners, you need to make sure that the rods do not touch the door leaf. Inspect the location of future fittings - there should be no defects, knots, etc. at the tie-in points. Otherwise, self-tapping screws screwed into these places can cause distortions or even split the door.

After that, the door block is assembled, and in the same way it is necessary to make markings on the box, observing the gaps of 2-3 mm between the canvas and the box. It is convenient to do this with an uninstalled door. If the door leaf is heavy, you need to embed a third hinge. Then the insert is not made in the middle, but with some offset to the upper loop. This will regulate the load on the fittings.

Installation of concealed door hinges

Very often today, the so-called hidden door hinge models are used today. They do not weigh down the facade of the doors, in addition, they are easy to care for. And the design features of such models increase the class of such a category as burglary resistance, and if the front door is an important point.

How to install invisible hinges:

• The position of the parts is outlined;
• An electric milling cutter makes a recess under the mechanism;
• With a chisel, a layer of material is removed in place under the fittings;
• Loops are disconnected;
• The larger element is inserted into the door frame, fixed with self-tapping screws;
• The smaller part is fixed in the canvas;
• Both parts of the hinges must be connected and the fixing screw must be tightened.

Sometimes decorative inserts are installed over the mounts. And if you need to adjust the hidden loops, this is done only in the open position. First, the decorative trims are removed, then the screw is tightened with a hex key. The design features are such that the position of the door can be adjusted in three planes.

How to check the fit

To check if the loop is set correctly, you need to take a ruler and press the loop with it. If the hinge is cut in the wrong way, and it protrudes too much, there will be a serious gap between it and the door leaf, and on the other hand, the opening is not enough for the door to close. To fix this, you need to unscrew the hinges and plant them deeper.

And if the hinge, on the contrary, is set very deep, the door will press the box and will pull the hinges. And the way out is this: a stand-gasket of the required thickness is cut out of thick cardboard, it is placed under the loop so that it falls into place. In order not to embed-cut endless loops, you need to do the markup correctly.

How to embed hinges in an interior door (video)

Mounting hinges are made for wooden, and for metal, and for plastic doors. Choose high-quality fittings, inspect it when buying for defects, and mount fasteners according to the rules, with accurate markings.

Good results!