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Posted by Eigenvector on October 24, 2006, 8:53 pm
> Eigenvector wrote:
>> On the new interior doors that I've replaced I used the motiseless
>> hinges. It covers up my lack of skill making mortises and for
>> hanging hollow core doors its a snap.
>>
>> What do you all think of them. Personally I wouldn't use them for
>> a heavy door, nor would I use them for a door that I gave a crap
>> about - not enough securing it to the frame in my mind. However on
>> those interior doors where its not under load and a secure
>> connection isn't an issue - I love them. Simple to install, and
>> they look just fine.
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> 1. Most hollow interior doors are made with junky wood frames overlaid
> with thin ply/hardboard.
And therefore not heavy.
>
> 2. When a hinge is morticed, the door is hanging on the mortice. The
> screws are just to hold the hinge in the mortice.
Assuming your mortise is perfect.
>
> 3. With no mortice hinges, the hinges are hangin on screws inserted
> into junky wood frames.
Assuming you buy junky hollow core doors. They aren't ALL crap you know.
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> 4. Cutting a mortice is easy. Particularly with a router and template
> (home made or purchased).
Yup, I agree. Personally I use a chisel.
>
> 5. They are your doors, do what you want.
I alway do, but it never hurts to try new things does it?
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> dadiOH
> ____________________________
I'll give you an example of why I find them nice.
Suppose you cut the mortise for the door and you happen to be about 1/8"
low, and maybe an 1/16" of an inch too high on the frame. So you try to
hang the door and discover that it either won't sit in both top and bottom
mortises or swings cockeyed and maybe closes badly.
Assuming you didn't care or it didn't affect the door too much no problem.
But with the motiseless hinges it doesn't matter, take the hinge off and
remount it somewhere else. It you're feeling really anal you can fill in
the old screw hole with putty or something. It isn't hard to be 1/16" off
on a door that is 80" long and not perfectly dimensional to start with.
But hey I'm not here to change your mind, I just wondered. Sounds like you
hate them.
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