How Do You Adjust Door Hinges

In this short how to video you will be guided through a step by step process on how to adjust a 3 way hinge to straighten out your cabinet door fronts or.

How do you adjust door hinges.

With a small screwdriver you can adjust the door left and right back and forth and up and down as well. If the door has 3 hinges usually the ones on top and bottom are the only ones you need to adjust. Adjusting a spring loaded hinge must be done with the door closed. Kitchen and bathroom cabinet door hinges are really easy to adjust.

Tweak the hinges until you get a smooth open and close. First i check that the door is swinging properly on its hinges. Test and fine tune to get a perfect fit by tweaking the screws and shutting the door to try the fit. This might cause the door to creak or to spring back.

The final fit mostly involves door hinge adjustment after the painters have finished. If the hinge leaf fastened to the door is not set fully in the mortise because of paint plaster tape or misalignment the hinges will bind. Use an allen key on the screw at the door side of the hinge. If your hinge has a tension pin inserted into the side of the hinge you need to pull the pin from the hinge with needle nose pliers.

If you tightened the top hinge turn the bottom hinge clockwise by the same amount. You may need to remove the soft closer or a cover cap if there is one to expose the adjustment screw heads. Before you shave off part of the edge of the door to make the gap bigger try adjusting the door hinges to see if that fixes the problem. One of your door hinges may not be sitting in the mortise the indent on the jamb that the hinge plate sits in properly.

How to adjust cabinet door hinges. Turn 1 2 rotations clockwise and then test to see if it still drags. Otherwise turn the wrench counterclockwise to relieve tension from the hinge.