Now it was time to mortise out the hinges.
How to hinge one door to another.
According to international code standards interior doors the ones that allow passage from one room to another are required to be at least 80 in height and 32 wide.
Closet doors on the other hand do not have the same code requirements and come in a range of sizes.
If you re hanging new doors onto old frames you will need to cut or mortise new hinges onto the door.
New doors also known as door blanks have smooth sides without any existing hinge locations.
This will let you check the the new hinge plates will be in just the right spot.
You will need to place a thin piece of similar wood in the side of the door for each unused hinge slot for a good appearance.
Slide the hinge pins into place and remove the blocks from the door.
Connect the door to the jamb.
Ask this old house carpenter nathan gilbert helps general contractor tom silva change the swing of an entry door subscribe to this old house.
Line up the two hinge plates so that the ones on the door match the ones in the jamb.
You just get a bag of shims place the door in its closed position and then use the shims to hold it in place.
Likewise you should place wood in the old door frame to fill in the hinge slots.