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1 3 8 door hinge placement.
How to determine hinge spacing on a door.
All 4 1 2 and 5 butt hinge spacing 1.
On 3 1 2 hinge preparation for 1 3 8 doors the standard for non fire rated frames is two 2 hinges.
Since the 4 holes are in different places than the 3 hole hinge you can avoid moving the hinges and avoid replacing an old jam that is.
This way you only have to cut with a chisel a small 1 8 inch off the door and 1 8 inch off the jam.
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.
Opening heights 3 0 through 4 11 15 16 one pair butt hinges from under head cl 9 3 4 top of door 9 5 8 from bottom of frame cl 10 3 8 bottom of door 9 5 8.
Dimensions listed are valid at time of publication.
The top hinge usually is installed 5.
A special hole pattern may be necessary for thin doors such as 1 3 8.
Also i recently learned from a door shop that door knobs are now standard at 42 from top down of 6 8 door vs 36 on center from floor in order to keep more consistency.
Most doors you see will have only 3 hinges but taller doors can sometimes have 4.
3 1 3 1 hinge frame door 1 f 11 g 1 3 4 1 4 1 hinge frame door h f j g 1 34 5 4 1 or 5 5 hinge frame door h f j g 1 34 deansteel manufacturing co.
Standards commonly used in construction.
Here we list the basics.
3weightfrequency1 8 35mm 1 3 4 44mm 2 51mm door width factors hinge spacing factors width spacing 2 61.
Left to my own devices i like to line up the hinges with the top and bottom rail heights on a stile and rail door with intermediate hinges equally spaced.
Mark correct placement of all hinges needs to match up with the ones on the door then using the mortising template route the mortises on the door frame.
