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Hey team,
To kick off our laundry renovation we are looking to add some doors. Currently there are two hinges in the interior of the (metal) door jamb as shown below, and we were thinking to put the two doors on the exterior of the door jamb whereby they will swing outward rather than inward into the laundry.
We feel that this will help us capitalise on the small amount of space in the laundry by not blocking it by two doors opening inward.
The door jamb has dimensions 690mm wide and 2040mm in height.
Each of the doors is 320mm wide and 1950mm in height, so we're 50mm short in width and 90mm short in height.
Some questions we have:
1) Is putting hinges in a metal door jamb whereby they'll sit on the outside and not be recessed in the metal a problem?
2) How do we make up the width/height discrepancies? do we need to glue/nail pieces of wood to each door (noting that we intend on painting them anyway)
3) do we have to worry about screwing into the doors if they have glass?
Any suggestions are welcome!
Hi @dchur,
It's great to see you've already received a helpful response from @Jewelleryrescue.
Given the fairly large discrepancies in height and width, I feel the best option could potentially be to install a new timber door jamb within the existing metal one, depending on where you've taken those measurements from.
You could extend the door itself, but I suspect that would be a more involved process. If you do, care must be taken that any screws or nails don't contact the internal glass.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Mitchell
Thanks guys for your replies (and Merry Xmas).
@MitchellMc , we aren't too keen on adding a timber door jamb because the width of the frame is already quite small, and we don't want to exaggerate that.
Our current thinking is we either use the doors in the photo and extend them in height/width and paint them to hide the different timber used OR we get new doors.
Either way the one question remains, what're the difficulties with adding hinges to the metal door jamb on both sides? They wouldn't be recessed in the frame like the existing hinges on the inside of the jamb because we aren't too keen on using an angle grinder to cut into the metal, but is it possible to just screw them in to the metal door jamb?
I've seen posts online about this not being possible because of a cavity behind it where they're hollow but i'm not sure if that applies here because we have brick walls.
I've pointed out where the hinges would go below for reference.
Another option is we make them bifold doors.
Merry Christmas to you, too, @dchur!
The hinges can be pop-riveted to the door jamb and don't need to be recessed into the frame. However, this might not look particularly aesthetically pleasing, well, at least not as much as the recessed hinges. If the bricks a close enough inside the frame, you could also consider using masonry fixings for the hinges instead of pop rivets.
Mitchell
That's great to hear @dchur.
Metal screws should work for fixing the hinges, or you could potentially use pop rivets.
I've looked at the range, and there don't appear to be any hinges that suit your needs exactly. Would you be able to use a hinge with a non-loose pin?
Mitchell
