Okay, this is admittedly premature, but I wanted to ask first as I’m worried (confident?!) I’m going to encounter some problems:
I’ve stripped all my interior doors and am ready to re-paint. While it’s a beautiful 95-year-old Edwardian, unfortunately, much of my door hardware is probably going to get replaced as it’s just not great quality. My concern though is the hinges. The old hinges/doors/frames had 95 years of settling and shifting in seismic San Francisco, and work well together. I know I can easily obtain identical hinges…my fear is that the moment I put new hinges on, nothing’s going to work or line up anymore.
Again, I haven’t actually done it yet so things may turn out perfectly, but are there any general advice/tips/rules to follow for putting new hinges on older doors like this to help avoid problems??
Thanks so much, and for what it's worth, here's the current hardware:
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/kI21for8BprAzGShANpB8OIf582Pg2nLFCWKZ6z9vOc?feat=directlink
I’ve stripped all my interior doors and am ready to re-paint. While it’s a beautiful 95-year-old Edwardian, unfortunately, much of my door hardware is probably going to get replaced as it’s just not great quality. My concern though is the hinges. The old hinges/doors/frames had 95 years of settling and shifting in seismic San Francisco, and work well together. I know I can easily obtain identical hinges…my fear is that the moment I put new hinges on, nothing’s going to work or line up anymore.
Again, I haven’t actually done it yet so things may turn out perfectly, but are there any general advice/tips/rules to follow for putting new hinges on older doors like this to help avoid problems??
Thanks so much, and for what it's worth, here's the current hardware:
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/kI21for8BprAzGShANpB8OIf582Pg2nLFCWKZ6z9vOc?feat=directlink