Tweaking Door Hinges

Tap the tee into the hinge screw hole with a hammer.

Tweaking door hinges.

Hinge tweaker heavy weight size for 180 gauge commercial door hinge adjustment tool hinge bender make sure this fits by entering your model number. Reinstall the hinge and screws in the holes. Power of the. If a door binds open it grasp the knob and lift up to see if a hinge is loose.

Solve door problems such as sagging sticking or misaligned doors by re bending tweaked hinges so your doors. Allow the glue to dry. This might cause the door to creak or to spring back from a closed position. If the hinge leaf fastened to the door is not set fully in the mortise because of paint plaster tape or misalignment the hinges will bind.

The hinge tweaker tools are bringing door maintenance professionals more value with a simple well designed and ergonomically friendly tool set. If the mortise in the jamb is set too close to the stop the door will bind against the stop. Score the tee with a utility knife flush with the mortise. The power of the hinge tweaker comes from the design of the hinge barrel combined with the leverage arm.