Hang door in middle of jamb?
#1
01-07-21, 04:10 PM
Hang door in middle of jamb?
Got to installing this door and realized that the tiler has stopped the tile halfway of the jamb instead of under the door.
Is there a way to move the door and hang it halfway in the jamb with a special hinge or some other option?
I really wanted to avoid a transition...
https://imgur.com/a/rLeTSao
Is there a way to move the door and hang it halfway in the jamb with a special hinge or some other option?
I really wanted to avoid a transition...
https://imgur.com/a/rLeTSao
#2
01-07-21, 04:17 PM
Group Moderator
No. Its a little late now. I would learn to live with it. 1st world people problems.
Setting the door in the middle of the jamb would look far worse than it does with the door closed.
Setting the door in the middle of the jamb would look far worse than it does with the door closed.
#3
01-07-21, 04:18 PM
Member
No special hinges that I have ever seen, you have a very deep jamb, why not just move the door more to the center?
#4
01-07-21, 04:23 PM
Group Moderator
If you are dead set on moving the door, you could inset it 1 1/2" with 3 1/2" x 5" hinges, but you would also need to special order an extra long strike plate. And I think it would look bad. But its your call I guess.
#6
01-07-21, 11:15 PM
Member
it would not be noticeable
Norm201
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#7
01-08-21, 04:03 AM
Member
Yes, that is the downside of DIY. You see every imperfection and damn yourself for letting happen. As my father-in-law once told me as he was a helper with a construction crew. He would carefully nail structures together. His friend came up to him and said, "hey, you're building a house, not a cabinet, just slam those nails in and don't worry about a few missis."
#8
01-08-21, 11:39 AM
No special hinges that I have ever seen, you have a very deep jamb, why not just move the door more to the center?
Jamb is 4.5" wide
Wouldn't moving the door in a bit to the center block the hinge? I'd have to shim it outward or mortise some space for the pin part of the hinge?
Last edited by qwertyjjj; 01-08-21 at 12:23 PM.
#9
01-08-21, 12:34 PM
Group Moderator
Like I said, you would use 3.5 x 5" butt hinges.
A 3.5 x 5 butt hinge would move the door in 3/4". If you want more than that you would need a wider hinge, which only come in larger dimensions. A 4 x 7 butt hinge would move the door in 1 3/4" farther than it is now. Google wide throw butt hinge. Your mortise would get wider than it is now. The hinge pin stays in the same location as it is now. You would also need more of a bevel on the leading edge of the door.
A 3.5 x 5 butt hinge would move the door in 3/4". If you want more than that you would need a wider hinge, which only come in larger dimensions. A 4 x 7 butt hinge would move the door in 1 3/4" farther than it is now. Google wide throw butt hinge. Your mortise would get wider than it is now. The hinge pin stays in the same location as it is now. You would also need more of a bevel on the leading edge of the door.
