Carpentry

A mortise hinge is commonly used in doors in order to create a close fit between the door and its frame. If the hinge in not mortised, a gap between the door and door frame equal to the thickness...

The flush-mount hinge is typically used to install cabinet doors so that they are flush with the face of the cabinet. Flush mounting will create an even look between the cabinets and their doors,...

Exterior storm shutters are installed on hinges and can be open and closed, depending on impending storm conditions. Also called hurricane shutters, they can protect your home's windows from...

Many types of replacement doors are available for your home at your local home improvement center. You may want to purchase an energy-efficient exterior door to lower your utility bills, or...

Squeaky or sticking hinges indicate that it's time to lubricate or clean them. After a number of years and especially when exposed to weather, hinges cease to operate smoothly. Your options are to...

French doors add style to a room and allow for ease of movement, especially when moving furniture or other large objects in and out. Like single doors, French doors are prone to sticking along the...

Whether you are framing and installing an interior door in a newly-constructed space or are are trying to create a new doorway in your existing home with studs already placed in the wall, you'll...

Cabinet door hinges sometimes get bent, broken, or come loose. Installing new ones just takes a little time and effort. Be sure to align the hinges with one another. Replace the hinges, and make...

One of the easiest ways to give your kitchen a makeover is to change the cabinet doors. You could attach the new door to the old hinges, but most of the time you will want to replace the hinges at...

Blum European Hinges can be adjusted so that you can move the doors side to side up to 10mm, in and out 8mm and up and down 4mm for a perfect fit without removing the hinges from the door and...

Hinge adjustment Most concealed hinges have 3 adjustments. Up and down, left and right, and side to side. Turning the scewdriver left or right on the front screw...

Setting the hinges into a new door and hanging it in a doorway isn't the easiest home project you could pick, but it's not as hard as you might think. Mostly it's a matter of knowing where...

If a door isn't closing properly, and the problem seems to be with the hinge side rather than the latch, you can probably fix it with some minor adjustments at the hinges. Sometimes doors weren't...

If that old closet door is coming loose from its hinges and the wood holding it in place to the jamb is splintering and hole-ridden from previous hinge adjustments, you might consider rehanging...

Deciding which direction a door should open is sometimes a matter of circumstance―and sometimes circumstances change. If an interior door in your home is opening in a direction that doesn't...

Replacing an entry door without replacing the door jamb is one way to get a new door while saving on cost. If the door jamb is in good shape, then there is no need to replace the entire unit....

The only piece of equipment that one needs to install a Larson storm door is a power drill with a Phillips head attachment. Larson storm doors come with four hinges, guide holes marked, screws,...

Building a step ladder can be relatively simple. Step ladders can be quite useful, especially if there is no support to lean a regular ladder against. Step ladders can support themselves by...

If your cabinet doors don't open as wide as you would prefer, you can make adjustments. It's a simple job that involves replacing old hinges with ones that will bend backward when opened, allowing...

Oak is one of the hardest woods to work with simply because it is so hard. You need really sharp tools to cut and mark it. However, it is this hardness that makes it so desirable. Oak is a great...

When installing a door, you need to set the hinges in a recessed pocket. This avoids a gap the depth of the hinges between the door and its jamb. It doesn't require any fancy tools, but you do...

It is easy to install a replacement patio door because all of the hinges are already in place. This eliminates aligning them correctly. It takes less than an hour to complete this job and the...

This moderately easy project begins with a pre-framed screen door. It is easy to install it outside your front door as long as you have measured height and width correctly. Most front doors are...

After several years of use, you may need to repair your cabinet hinges. Cabinets that are low enough for small children to pull and hang on are at greater risk for becoming loose. If the hinges...

If your cabinet doors have problematic action, are off kilter or have gaps, you can easily fix your cabinet door without having to replace the whole cabinet section. Follow the steps below.

With all the electronics and entertainment equipment available, a living room can quickly become a cluttered mess without a multimedia storage cabinet. Building your own media cabinet can be the...

Cabinet doors with problematic action, gaps or an off-kilter balance are common. Wood warps and gets wet and old. All of these things can cause your cabinet to become slightly askew, but here are...