How To Fit Rising Door Hinges

Rising butt hinges are a special type of door hinge that lifts the door slightly as it is opened.

How to fit rising door hinges.

Lift door and align door leaf hinges with the pins of the frame leaf hinges and lower door. These hinges are made of steel for durability. It is possible to fit the hinges along the ledge above it or below it which ever suits your taste. This provides adequate clearance for when the door rises.

Rising butt hinges can be either left handed or right handed depending on which way the door opens and to which side the hinge is to be attached. Or simpler how to hang a door. Mortice preparation for rising butt hinge ssk1062. Rising butts are fitted to doors which require raising when opened such as doors of rooms with carpets or rugs that prevent doors fully opening when the bottom edge of the door meets the edge of the floor covering.

The fitting of rising butt hinges is a simple job of carpentry. The door im doing is an interio. The everbilt 3 1 2 in. Mortice out frame to equal the thickness of the hinge leaf as was done on door.

Position leaf into mortice pilot drill the fixing holes and secure with screws provided and repeat for remaining hinges. This type of door will have no gap at the bottom when closed but will lift over thick floor coverings on the opening side. Rising butt hinges are only suitable for use with wooden doors and are best used in certain applications. When to use rising butt hinges as stated when a new thicker carpet is fitted installing a rising butt hinge will prevent the scuffing and dragging as it acts to lift the door as it is opened.

The fitting of rising butt hinges follows pretty much the same fitting procedure as for standard butt hinges but with rising butts the door will need some additional trimming to provide a suitable gap between the top inside corner of the door and the top inside of the door frame. In this video i m showing how to fit a door hinges on to the door and on the door frame. Following the laying of a new floor covering i am fitting rising butt hinges to a door. Door the everbilt 3 1 2 in.

Door hinge 12 per pack has a removable pin to help with installation and removal of doors. More product details close.