How To Tweak Door Hinges

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How to tweak door hinges. In the door and hardware industry this re bending technique is called closing the swedging of a hinge or closing the gap. If this is your first visit be sure to check out the faq by clicking the link above. Once you re bend the hinge the door realigns immediately. Click the register link above to proceed.

The power of the hinge tweaker comes from the design of the hinge barrel combined with the leverage arm. It tweaks the hinge by re bending which corrects the alignment of the door. How is the door meeting against all of the other edges. When a door starts to sag and hang crooked it always does so from the top so the upper part of the doorknob side is where it will start to catch.

If the door from the bent in area upwards on the lower part is fine but it is just the bottom edge against the rocker is out then i would take a block of wood and position it on the bottom edge of the door and starting at the front give it a few hits with a bfh and then move the block a little towards the rear and give it another couple. In the door and hardware industry we would effectively call this rebending technique closing the swedging of a hinge or closing the gap. How to determine hinge spacing on a door. You may have to register before you can post.

The hinge tweaker is therapy for your doors.