How To Replace Screen Door Hinges
Remove the screws for one of the hinges on both the door and the frame.
How to replace screen door hinges. 2 take the hinges with you to the hardware store and use them to help you purchase a. Assuming you re installing a new door you ll need to find the precise location on the door frame. A traditional screen door will have surface mounted hinges that will not require mortising. Using the screwdriver tap the hinge pins to remove them.
This is where the upper and lower hinges will be placed. Unscrew the hinge that you want to replace from the wall and the storm door. Replacing screen door hinges will only take a few minutes per hinge as long as you have the right ones. Make marks along the edge of the door that are 5 inches 13 cm from the top and bottom.
If you have a third hinge typically used for heavy doors it will be placed directly in the middle of the other two hinges. Measure the placements for the 3 hinges along the length of the door. The hinges will be on the opposite side of the door from the handle. 2 pull the splines out of the door frame groove with steady firm pressure.
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. A screwdriver or a battery drill is all you need to replace most hinges. Then simply slide the door up from the hinges to remove. Make sure the hinge folds together the same way as the door will close.
Place your hinges in the correct location. Put the hinge in place and install the screws. Most screen doors will have three hinges. Replacing your storm door hinges can be done in no time at all by following the instructions below.
Turn the new hinge with the head of the pin turned up. If your screen door is on hinges tap the hinge pins with a screwdriver to remove them and slide the door upward from the hinges. Ask a helper hold up the door while you remove the hinge screws and the hinges from the door and the doorjamb. The easiest way is to replace one hinge at a time.