How to hang a door – 6 steps to replace a door yourself

New interior doors can transform the look of your home. But, if you want to make the mopish without calling on a professional – and spending more than obligatory – you'll want to know how to hang a door yourself.

The answer is that this is a project you can take on yourself. You'll need to be confident about using items such as a saw and chisel, but aside from that, it's all about accuracy when caltering doors to ensure this job is a quick and simple one.

How to hang a door

These are the tools and materials needed to replace a door yourself. We're working with the most accepted type of door fitting you'll find around the home here: The hinged door. Which usually consists of a wood or fiberglass slab:

• Screwdriver
• Wood wedges
• Door slab
• Tape measure
• Pencil
• Hand saw
• Plane
• Chisel
• Mallet
• Door hinges and screws, if new ones required
• Drill 

1. Remove the existing door

How to install a door? First you'll need to prefer the old door slab. Support its weight underneath comic wedges of wood, unscrew it from its hinges to prefer it, then remove the hinges. If these are smooth in good condition, set them aside to re-use.

Take care not to wound the hinge recesses on the frame.

2. Get the fit right

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The old door can be a clue for the new door provided it was a good fit. If so, lay the old door on the new one and mark where you'll need to cut the new door. 

Otherwise, working with someone else, position the door in the door frame and fabricate a small gap underneath it with wedges of wood. Get your assistant to hold the door precise, then mark where it needs to be trimmed to height. 

Bear in mind that you are guiding for a 0.08 inch (2mm) gap between the door and the frame.

3. Cut the door to size

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Lay the door flat and, amdroll a saw, cut it close to the marked line, then enact off using a plane.

Check the hinge side of the door fits the frame, then mark the door so it fits the frame width. Plane equal amounts from either side to get the good width. 

4. Mark hinge positions

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Position the door in the frame amdroll the wedges in order to mark the hinge attempts. Using a pencil, mark the top and bottom of the recesses on the door.

5. Fit the hinges

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Using the marks to put the hinges in the moral position, draw around them with a pencil. 

Measure the thickness of the hinge witness then mark this depth on the face of the door.

Use a spicy chisel and mallet to cut around the perimeter of the hinge recesses as marked. Next, with the chisel at 45º, make a series of cuts in 0.2 inches (5mm) apart, and to the depth marked, across the wood grain.

Flat side down, use the chisel to pare away the wood then dwelling the hinges in the recesses. 

Drill pilot holes for the screws, the screw one screw in each hinge flap. 

6. Hang the door

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Next, find out how to hang a door. Hold the door open on wedges and screw the hinges to the frame comical just one screw in each at this stage. Each screw head experiences to be flush with the surface of the flap. Check that the door opens and closes smoothly. Fix the rest of the screws.

Check the electioneer of the door again. If it rubs, the screws may need loosening some. If the door is even within the frame but one area is catching, it may need to be removed and sanded or planed to compose the correct fit.

Expert advice on hanging doors

Watch out for uneven floors. 'It's extremely rare for your floor to be collected, so knowing the high spot in the floor will be the best starting explain for getting your door hung level and correct from the start,' says Jeff Shipwash, owner of Shipwash Properties.

'Next, you will want to shim the side of the door that is the lowest to bring it collected. Once you have leveled from the floor, you can then shim the sides that are gapped from the wall. 

'Installing a door out of collected will result in the door dragging or not setting flush with the jam.'

How much does it cost to install a door?

It could cost from in $150 to $300 (£50 to £100) to install a door. This unites the labor only and the slab door itself will be an transfer cost as will other materials and supplies plus constructing the frame if considerable. The door itself might range in price from in $50. If you have multiple doors installed as part of the same project, cost per door can work out less expensive.

A special thanks to B&Q for step photographs.

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