68 • DOORCLOSERS&HINGES
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Step 6, prepare the holes for the hinge
on the door box. To ensure best possible
fix, you will need to use a thin drill and
make the holes for the screws. This
could be done through the screw holes
of the hinge.
To make the hole for the second
leaf of the hinge, you will need to make
45-degree cuts on the door and make a
calculation of the height in relation to the
door and to the gap between the floor
and the door.
There are two ways to do it: 1) use the
door box angle and measure with a ruler,
make sure the distance is equal to the
marks on the door edge 2) take the door
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box angle and apply it to the door edge,
ensuring that the gap between the floor
and the door is taken into account, and
make marks.
Then the same procedure will be
applied for the second hinge in the box.
After that the hole can be made
with a chisel, and the corners tidied.
The door frame and door may be
made from different materials. If the
door is made of the wood, drilling is
required, and if from PVC, the drilling is
not necessary.
‘Doors that are
mounted on separable
hinges, can be
removed at any time
without disassembling
the hinge, but it is
necessary to know
the orientation of the
door in advance’
Step 7, Fix the hinge to the door for
both hinges.
Step 8, the door frame is fixed to the
door.
Then the door frame is adjusted
using the level. After the installation of
the door frame is completed, the door
with the hinges is applied to the door
frame, the hinges are fixed with the
screws.
APECS UK range of hinges consists
of INOX hinges as described in this
installation guide, as well as 3D
60 concealed hinges. Learn more
about APECS hinges on apecs.co.uk
website.
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