Replacing Spring Loaded Door Hinges

This home depot guide provides information on how to replace hinges on your cabinet doors.

Replacing spring loaded door hinges.

This type of hinge is ideal for use in a door leading to the basement garage or any door throughout your. Four steps to replace cabinet hinges. We have hinges to thank for our doors ability to open and close. A spring mechanism in the barrel allows the hinges to automatically close a door.

These are spring loaded hinges that automatically close and latch when the door is let go from an open position. Luckily most hinge issues have simple fixes. Stanley spring hinges are ideal for wood and metal doors medium to heavy weight doors and low to medium frequency usage applications. By code some doors in a home must use self closing hinges.

With field adjustable closing power the spring hinge line consists of standard commercial grade door hinges. If the self closing door to your garage isn t closing hard enough to latch properly or the door slams shut you can adjust the spring hinge tension with a hex wrench and pliers. A spring loaded hinge works to ensure that a door automatically closes without you having to push or pull. Start by removing the locking pin photo 1.

Solid brass heavy duty spring screen door hinge with ball finials in polished brass 1 pair 1 model 80360 003 52 51. A spring loaded hinge contains a spring inside the hinge cylinder that helps close a door. Remove the locking pin. Then add or release tension until you get the proper close rate photo 2.

We ll walk you through the basics like how to tighten a loose hinge shim a hinge and fix a squeaky hinge.