Questions tagged [hinges]
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How to remove hinge pin on BOTTOM hinge of door?
I have a solid wood front door, heavy, and it sticks pretty badly. I thought I'd try bending the hinge with a "Knuckle Bender" tool. But you have to be able to remove the hinge pin from the ...
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Can I use Blaster Advanced Dry Lube on electric oven door hinges without fear of combustion?
Can I use "Blaster Advanced Dry Lube" to lubricate the oven door hinges?
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How to reattach a hinge with very little clearance
I have a window hinge that needs to be reattached, but the side of the building is giving me only about 1 or 1.5” of clearance for the two innermost screws. I can open the window enough to get the two ...
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Instructions for assembly of slow close hinge set
So, I decided that, with a toddler in the house, I ought to set up slow close hinges on the toilet seat to reduce the amount of slamming involved. I ordered this set online, and it was cheap, but ...
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How do I describe these cabinet hinges?
I want to replace the hinges on my kitchen cabinet and what I've learned so far in researching this is that there are tons of different types of hinges. When looking for hinges online I want to be ...
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How to remove hinge pin?
Struggling to remove hinge pin on an interior door and all my attempts have been futile so far. Hinge has IVES etched on it and it is sticky to touch. Unlike regular hinges, this one has a tiny hole ...
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What type of top hinge pin for a heavy 6ft field gate with a rising rocker plate?
I'm looking to hang a 6ft hardwood field gate between 7" posts and need to use a rocker plate as a rising hinge for the bottom hinge due to the gradient of the path.
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Installing Spring close hinges if reveal is small
I have a glass inside wood frame door that leads to our backyard and pool and it has regular hinges on it. I am wanting to upgrade the hinges to be spring close similar to our garage door but it looks ...
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Do They Make Two-Way/Three-way Adjustable Hinges for Front Doors
I am putting in a new front door. I'd like to use hinges that would allow me to adjust door in two, or better, three planes/axes. They make something like this for cabinet doors (see image; I get ...
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Primer and then Primer and Paint in One?
I'm looking to repaint some cabinet hinges with spray paint and I want them to really last. Would the idea of using primer spray paint and then a primer+paint spray paint in one after, make it longer ...
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What are these hinges called?
We have some closet doors that are six-panel doors installed directly onto the drywall without frames. They use a special kind of L-shaped hinges installed on the two corners of the door shown below. ...
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How can I implement offset hinges on a door too close to a wall?
I have a power chair user in the house and its rough on doors. At 400 lb, hinges give before the chair does. I've installed offset hinges to give us a bit more room in doorways, but there's one where ...
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Embedded door hinges - how to remove
Has anyone seen this type of door hinge that's semi-embedded into the door frame?
I'm in process of switching these hinges out for more modern ones, but not sure how I can remove this.
I can't tell if ...
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Identify Storm Door [closed]
I have a bent storm door hinge rail and having trouble identifying the manufacturer. It's a 3 hinge rail, but the sticker is a little warn. The glass is made by Guardian, but don't thing the door is....
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How can I repair a cabinet hinge torn from the frame?
Someone fell and landed on an open bathroom vanity door. It ripped the upper hinge from the side of the cabinet, and splintering the wood. Using the same 3/4" screw would not work as the back ...
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How do I fix a metal storm door that is too low on its hinges?
We have an aluminum glass door outside of our front door that won't close or open without serious force. It looks like it needs to be lifted on the hinges, as pictured. There is a gap at the top of ...
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How can I vertically adjust my exterior door hinges?
I cannot figure out how to vertically adjust these hinges in my glass door. The door is not closing properly, but only on the top side, and it creaks with strong winds, and even partially opens from ...
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What type of hinges to use to pivot at the corner of an outdoor enclosure?
I'm building a simple outdoor enclosure for a rain barrel and assorted irrigation equipment. It’s a wooden frame wrapped around with cedar plank. On its front, a gate that pivots right from the corner....
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How to slow closure of a spring-operated chain link fence gate?
Question: Is there a way to slow down the speed a chain link fence gate opens?
Context: Our preschool has a basic chain link fence with a standard entry gate (see photo). We recently installed a ...
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Do soft closing interior door hinges exist?
I just bought a bunch of soft closing hinges for my kitchen cabinets and this led me to thinking if there is any such hinges for regular interior doors like hallway/bathroom doors. It would be great ...
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What are some options for under decking fencing that allows access?
Right now I have a deck that has vinyl lattice (diamond shaped) surrounding it. Each piece is about 3 feet by 4 feet and is attached to support poles from the deck.
The deck is about 5 feet off the ...
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Unclippng IKEA PAX Hinges
I am moving my IKEA PAX storage unit, and I need to remove the doors to lighten the load. How do I unclip these hinges? My google searches seem to show a slightly different hinge than the one I have ...
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Looking for a hinge that slides out first
I am trying to find a hinge that will come out about 2-4 inches and then open. I can find slide mechanisms for furniture like a TV stand or armoire but they slide back once opened but I need one that ...
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How to make a KESSEBOHMER hinge mechanism lift more weight?
I have a wall-mounted cupboard that I bought some about 7 years ago. It has a lift-up front face which is driven by a KESSEBOHMER hinge mechanism. The face falls when lifted, apparently a common issue ...
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Hinge allowance for driveway gate
I am building a driveway gate which spans about 15 feet i.e. each gate will be about 7.5 feet wide. I ordered these hinges and would like to figure out the exact width of each gate. The "pivot&...
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Bifold door "flat-lying" hinges? [closed]
Painted my old bifold doors and want to replace the 2.5" tall brass hinges that span across the back of two doors, like this:
Problem is, the old hinges lie perfectly flat against the doors so ...
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Is there a type of cabinet hinge that allows opening over baseboards?
To fit some pre-built cabinets into a space I removed a portion of the baseboards so the cabinet is right to the wall not thinking about the doors. Is there a type of European hinge that as it opens ...
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Hinges for a Murphy Desk
I am building a murphy desk (that closes up, not down). The desk would basically extend an Ikea Kallax-like custom cube shelf unit. I would like the table surface to seamlessly continue the bottom ...
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Door not hitting frame evenly
My door latch is not catching but I realized that the door is hitting the frame unevenly. The door seems to hit the frame first at top - I have to pull the door in with a bit of force to make it catch....
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How can I adjust door hinges to fix a sagging door?
The door to the kitchen is sagging quite badly, damaging the floor. The door is heavy, so before inviting a friend and taking it off the hinges, I wanted to ask for advice. Maybe someone has had a ...
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Double swing door
I have a door in a restaurant that swings into the kitchen and out into the dining room at the top is hitting the wall as it closes. Originally I had two hinges on the top and one hinge on the bottom ...
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Norton door closer - older model - how to adjust?
I've tried searching and cant seem to find what model this is or how to adjust it. This door slams shut and I want to adjust it to slow down.
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Why are wide throw hinges so expensive relative to normal ones? [closed]
For some reason, neither Home Depot or Lowe's sell wide-throw hinges. They sell regular hinges of all sizes, but not wide-throw hinges. For reference, a wide-throw hinge is one where the hinge's ...
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How can I hinge former bifold doors with a half jamb in front of them?
I have a closet with bifold doors. They keep coming off the track so I decided to get rid of the damn thing and separate the two panels and fashion them into swinging doors.
There’s one problem that I ...
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Hanging a thinner interior door on original frame
We live in a 1950's house and are replacing the internal doors. We've bought new doors of the same height and width as the originals, however they don't seem to be made as thick as they used to be. ...
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Squeaking Cabinet Hinges
My kitchen has old Grass brand 850-01 wrap around hinges that are starting to squeak.
Based on advice from online sources, including one older question here, I tried using silicone lubricant spray. ...
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Building a gate to fit in a 3/4" door jamb
I am building a gate for a friend of mine to block the door pictured below. The problem I have run into is the jamb has only 3/4" to work with before the door stop. Would it be feasible for me to ...
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Door corner hinges pin keeps falling. How can I fix it?
Attached is the photo. The pin keeps failing (circled in red).
How can I fix it? Please let me know.
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How do I deal with misalignment in cabinet doors resulting in gaps?
I hired some contractors to do some carpentry work, but after months the gaps between the doors are appearing and it looks ugly.
Because of the gap, it has become safe haven for cockroach and lizards....
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What is this type of hinge - and how do I remove it?
I'm looking into refurbishing an old kitchen, and encountered a problem I hadn't expected: I can't for the life of me figure out how to remove the hinges from the cabinets. The hinges look as follows (...
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This shower door isn't closing in the correct position. How do I fix it?
Having a issue where this shower door swings open and doesn't stay closed. I have to take a shower with the door swinged into the shower or open letting water out. These are saloon style hinges so ...
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The cabinet hinge is becoming less secure, and there are cracks in the cabinet door frame
Over time, the cabinet hinge has progressively become looser, and there are noticeable cracks developing in the wooden component. I'm interested in finding out if there's a permanent solution for ...
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Can these hinges be tightened?
I have a very loose cabinet door seen here: https://imgur.com/Ep3tycf Can these hinges be fixed/tightened or do they need to be replaced?
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How to fix exterior metal French door with concealed hinges?
Just moved in and have a couple of exterior French doors that get stuck. Hinges seem a bit tight and door seems misaligned. Bottom part is the one that touches together.
I don't know what these type ...
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How should I lubricate a hinge that does not have a removable pin?
I live in a house with some very old hardware, including these hinges which have started to squeak. The hinges don't appear to have a removable pin, as both of the end knuckles seem to be completely ...
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How to temporarily remove one hinge on a door with two hinges
I have several interior doors with two hinges, where some of the screw holes are stripped. Using longer screws or toothpicks and glue didn’t work, and I would like to fill the holes with epoxy and ...
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Can't seem to get a door hinge tight which is causing a door that won't latch
This is interior door that sits around 4 inches from the nearest perpendicular wall. We had a contractor put it in around 3 years ago and it was fine until this past month. The latch no longer lines ...
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How I fix this attic door misalignment. Hinge bent
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Just moved into this home and this attic door does not close. Looks like the hinge (door hinge like part) is bent. How do I fix this? I don't see any parts available either.
I am worried that ...
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Where can I find replacements for Oxberg door hinges with a damper? [closed]
I have Ikea Oxberg hinges that my 2yo is slamming heavily. I wonder if there is a replacement that can have a damper? Ikea does not provide such, so maybe anyone knows a replacement?
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