Remove doors safely and easily with tips from an experienced remodeler in this f.
How do you take a door off its hinges.
Tapping the hinge with a hammer can loosen it up.
If this isn t working try ramming the pin up with a few more taps from the hammer.
Unscrew the top hinge from the frame.
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Tap the nail with a hammer to pop the head of the pin out by about.
Loosen the hinge pin.
Best of all it only requires a hammer and a small screwdriver.
Close the door and if you don t have a specific hinge pin removal tool just tap the hinge pins loose with a.
Insert the tip of a 16d nail into the hole at the bottom of the hinges.
Don t worry removing a door from its hinges is an easy task that can be done in under a minute.
Lay the door on a flat surface and unscrew the hinges from the door.
So the only way to get a door open when you re on the outside and it s locked from the inside is to remove the door from its hinges.
Often the first step in door repair involves taking the door off its hinges.
Open the door to carefully remove it.
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For the sake of stability take off the bottom hinge first followed by the top.
If the door is triple hinged take out the middle one first.
Tap the pin up.
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