How To Adjust Door Hinges To Keep Door From Opening

With a small screwdriver you can adjust the door left and right back and forth and up and down as well.

How to adjust door hinges to keep door from opening.

Keep kitchen cabinet doors from opening too far. Step 1 examine the top corner of your door to see if it s catching on the frame. Otherwise turn the wrench counterclockwise to relieve tension from the hinge. Try to use the old door as a template to get the spacing and backset correct prior to cutting the mortise.

Remove the locking screw from the bottom hinge and insert the hex wrench in the hole. When mortising a new door slab to an existing opening use extreme caution when locating the hinges. Tightening the door. See the article installing door hinges for more information.

Open the door on a right angle to the frame. When this happens the top corner of the door catches on the door frame and prevents the door from closing properly. If you tightened the top hinge turn the bottom hinge clockwise by the same amount. My kitchen cabinets have euro style concealed hinges that open slightly more than 90 degrees.

You may need to remove the soft closer or a cover cap if there is one to expose the adjustment screw heads. If the door swings open remove the bottom hinge screws. This is fine in most cases but in the corner where two cabinets meet the doors open too far and the handle from one door bangs into the face of the other. The key to adjusting door hinges is the top hinge.

Over time the hinges on a door can loosen and cause the door to sag downward. Stick a wedge a shingle or the like under the outer edge of the door so the door doesn t move.