Take Off Door Hinges

Don t worry about taking a door down or boiling hinges in vinegar or harsher chemicals.

Take off door hinges.

Often the first step in door repair involves taking the door off its hinges. There is a risk it will be damaged so it s best to use one you don t care much about anymore. Whether you re replacing your old door or just doing some renovations sometimes removing a door is part of the job. This simple trick will remove paint from hinges in a snap.

I m not a very strong girl and i didn t want to have the hassle of taking a door off and trying to figure out. So let s see the before and the after so you can see exactly what i ve done. If the door is triple hinged take out the middle one first. To put the door back on the hinges grab the door at the center and tip it slightly toward the top engaging the knuckles of the top hinge.

Many doors feature removable pins that let you pop the door off easily without removing the hinges but other models without removable pins require a little more work and finesse to get the job done by removing the entire hinge from the frame. For the sake of stability take off the bottom hinge first followed by the top. With the weight of the door hanging on the top hinge work the other.