I know a fella who has been chippyin' for 17/18 years now and he STILL struggles with doors, bless him. And you just wandered in and knocked the job right out of the ring - and made it look easy. I'd say you definitely, absolutely earned those little celebratory "dances for joy"! As always, a really good job, really well jobbed! Nicely done :o)
Good job for a first timer, just a few tips from a carpenter I've been hanging doors since 2000 and was taught by a boat joiner was all ways told to sort the height out first then plane the hinge side to suit and then sort out the lock side of the door with a nice leading edge once that was done put door into frame and jack up with a crowbar and plane the door head to suit with a nice 2/3mm gap once done Mark hinge positions and chop out the hinge recess I find it easier to use a marking gauge when marking out hinges and the latch plate
Also, a massive thanks to Rob at Spend Time Save Money for showing how he sharpens chisels after I said I need to learn it! I'll be following along soon and showing how I get on. Here's his video if it helps anyone: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0Jmnnb081ts.html
Thanks very much for the video, been fitting doors for about 1 year now but I've still learnt how to do it better by watching this! Congrats with the tv
Here's the show! It's on the iPlayer for 30 days 😉 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b94mpr For those outside of the UK, thanks so much to Brian for sharing it on his channel 😀: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-cLXeTjgDinw.html
It starts 20 minutes in, for anyone watching it on BBC iplayer.That was a very nicely done and inspiring piece. They should give you your own show Vikkie 👍
I am so glad they promoted you and your videos. People need to see that they can do a job without having to hire someone. And how much money they can save by doing it themselves. So glad you can help everyone to take a leap of faith and try something with their own hands!!! Keep up the great work!!!
Love the " use the kitchen knife" trick, I bet your old man was fumming lol....well if it works for a score line then do it. Gold, Great video, keep them up.
A little tip for counter sinking if you can't find the actual countersink bit, use a large diameter metal drilling bit but run it slowly with no pressure behind it. Depending on the bit, you can sometimes get away with running it in reverse at high speed to get the same effect but with even less chance of it digging in and drilling out the hole completely. As always with 'tips from the net', give it a try on some scrap and see how it works for you. Love the videos, and just in time as well as I've got a few doors which need replacing too!
watching your vids has given me the confidence to start my own business I am a qualified gardener but have never felt confidant enough to start a business until watching your vids so thanks
Ah, that's fantastic news!!! I hope you do well 😀 If I hired myself out, I think it would feel more like work than fun and worry I'd hate it 😄 Good luck 😊😊😊
Tip for reducing tear out on doors when drilling big holes. As soon as the tip of the spade bit breaks through the opposite side, stop drilling. Go to the opposite side, place the point of the spade bit in the small hole, then drill through. It sometimes isn't as neat as clamping a sacrificial board behind the hole, but it's always neat enough to go behind even the most slender door furniture. Also the more you do it, the neater you get. Please learn to sharpen your tools as soon as possible. Strangely a sharp tool is safer than a blunt one. You need to use less force to drive a sharp tool through wood, so there's less chance of you slipping and cutting yourself. Using a whetstone is not difficult and you can pick one up online for under a tenner. Great video and keep up the good work.
When i was shown how to hang a door with a chisel i was taught to put the edge just inside the line you want to cut on and the bevel will push you to the line. And when pilot holing for the screws you want to be a touch off centre towards the back of the hinge, that way when the screws tighten up, they pull the hinge into where you chiseled out. A tip for using a chisel for cutting out the feathering is to keep it as flat as you can so it doesnt dive deeper than you intended. come in at an angle to the door to start with and then at 90 degrees to the door to clean up the back edge. Good work on the first doors and re-lipping the bottom. I have only ever had to relip a door once, and im in no rush to do it again
1.) The secret in not ripping the counter side material is called "pilot hole". First drill a small through hole from side to side (about 4 or 5 mm). Then, with the large drill bit, drill until the tip comes out the pilot hole on the counter side. Now drill through from the counter side. The pilot hole also has the function of keeping your drilling leveled. Also to drill through wood a forstner bit is better to remain in a straight line. 2.) If you have a standard drill bit box having a 13 mm bit, you don't need a counter sink bit. Simply use the 13 mm bit as counter sink bit. P.S.: Congratulations on your BBC apparence.
Been, watching your RU-vid channel for a while now, but purely by chance, saw you on the telly today! Well done - you came across really well. Keep it up.
That was brilliant vikkie well done. I hang a lot of doors and you've learnt very well. Another good tip is to make sure you wedge the hung door both sides when drilling the lock out and handle holes so you have both hands on the drill and better control. Good job and I loved how happy you were with your first ever door haha 👏👏👏👏👏👏😉
Hi vikkie, I've just seen your tv programme and that was brilliant. You have saved a fortune and are very good at learning and producing a good end product. Look forward to the next job. 👍keep it up 😉👌
Thanks! It would have been even more expensive if I bought more solid doors so I could take off as much as I wanted at the bottom. So, relieved this all worked out 😀
Your dad told you which saw to use to trim off the bottom of the door and it might be obvious, but an important tip my dad taught me was to not to force the saw. You just supply the forward and reverse motion, let the saw do the cutting and you just steer it. Some people believe you have to force it, then wonder why they can't cut in a straight line. Nice to see Hans checking your door frame levels to 😎
Well done Vikkie - great effort and tutorial. When we first moved into our home we replaced our doors with some we found on a skip (we asked before we took them). Although they were from a skip they were much nicer than the original doors so it was a free way to freshen up our home and they were good doors to practise door hanging on. Not sure our first attempt was as proficient as yours though!
Ah, I miss my long hair... ;-) Thanks very much for the shoutout, Vikkie. I'm pleased to see the mallet's serving you well. You'll probably get a lot of people saying this but, when I use a spade/flat bit for a through hole, I stop drilling as the centre point breaks through, then finish the hole from the other side. I also sharpen them differently to most manufacturers. Congrats again on the BBC connection and I hope many more good things come from that.
A little tip when drilling with a spade bit from one side of the door to the other,Mark it as you did through the spindle hole look for the tip of the bit just coming through the other side then drill from the other side. Hope this helps
Well done you for hanging those doors! And I'll tune in to the show tomorrow. I love your 'can do' attitude, but that chisel does need sharpening! Have a great week
Haha, yes... Hopefully I'll pluck up the courage to sharpen them soon! I have a beast of a machine to do the job, but it looks like it would be a very sparky project 😂
doing something more and more will always build 2 things.....skill (or technique) and confidence. a few years ago i decided to replace every door in my house (bedroom doors, bathroom doors, closet doors). there are 9 total. i bought the same style you just used. and i had to cut each one a bit different in both width and height. i used to be the worst with a chisel; but after a few doors, my hinge mortises were looking quite nice, lol. i got lucky and found some of the doors with holes already cut for the knob and latch. but for the other, i just laid the old door on top of the new door, making sure to align the tops, then used a pencil to scribe a mark around the hole for the knob onto the new door. now, i can do one in a matter of minutes instead of almost an hour, lol. so it gets easier and quicker with time.
You did a great job. You tried some things that you were a little leery of and it worked out so now you know that you can trust your gut a little bit more. Even if you make a mistake it is a lesson learned. I understand that the doors or whatever it is you may be working on cost money and you sure don’t want to ruin the door and have to buy another one.....but it was great that you practiced on some wood first. You have a good head on your shoulders and your learning more and more. I know your dad is proud of you too. Keep these great videos coming!!
When you drill the spindle hole, you can just drill from one side until the point of the drill pokes through, then using that small hole drill from the other side ! You get 2 good clean cuts :-) Your method of a sacrificial bit of wood to prevent breakout is good too. Circular saw for trimming the top or bottom is a 'bingo wing' saver ;-) using a clamped straight edge as a guide. A small router is great for catch and hinge recesses with a little bit of chiselling to square the corners. Great work Vicki. Wish I was as motivated in DIY as you are ... wouldn't have so many half finished jobs still left to do. lol
Congratulations on being on TV, I will look out for that tomorrow! Hanging doors is very hard, I did a few in an old house where nothing was square. I wish I made some nice wedges like you, instead of shoving newspapers under the door. 😊
Well done the doors look good. When you drill with a flat bit stop when the point come thought the other side, and then start again from the other side so it dose not brake out.
Love the videos. When I hung my doors last year I wasn’t confident of drilling the hole straight with the spade bit for the latch so found the centre of the door and using a forstner bit lined up the centre mark with the little spike of the bit gave it a tap with a hammer and the bit stuck in the door and was flat to the door then just attached my drill to it and away I went hope this helps as a slight alternative again love the videos keep up the good work.
Yep it works fine. Just make sure everything's lined up correctly and the locks and hinges are on the right side. You can even mark your hinges on the door at the same time.
Brilliant work! I'm sure you've worked it out now, but with regards to the spindle cuts, drill through one side slowly until the point protrudes out the other, then drill from the opposite side using this point and you'll have no splits.
Great video, exactly the same for me having to glue a piece into the bottom of door. Also if your reducing width don't take it of the hinge edge as you will have less wood for your hinge screws.
Well done, good job. Think I got the circular saw out when I had to chop a bit off my doors .. as I'm lazy! I'm also really bad at making sure the drill is level when I'm drilling through them. Will look forward to the BBC slot tomorrow and I'm sure there is a gap in the market for a diy come cooking show ;-)
Detailed and excellent video. Just what I wanted. Also your website give great explanation for the pros and cons of hollow doors. Great for novice like me. I am looking to install similar door from Wicks for my showerroom. Are these any good for showerroom/bathroom or you think the humidity will efffect them?
Vikki, about those chisels . . . . . Drilling spindle holes: Rather than clamping scrap wood to the opposite side, drill until the lead point just pokes through. Then use that tiny hole as guide point to finish drilling from the opposite side. I use this technique with spade bits, Forstner bits, and especially circular saw bits. Maybe it's just an American thing . . . . ;-)
Well done and it is a satisfying job. Congrats on being on TV, maybe someone will stick it on you tube. It is nice to see someone use a hand saw. After those chisels are sharp they will be a pleasure to use. Another way to prevent breakout when drilling is to stop when you just start coming through go to the other side to finish the hole.
Thank you 😀 I'm secretly hoping someone will upload it somehow 😂 I'm too worried of getting in to trouble for copyright. I may dig out some of the footage I have though, without including their faces. I haven't deleted any of it, but was asked to edit them out of the footage.
Great video as always vikkie when your drilling through the door if you just drill until the point off the drill pokes take the drill out and runt it through from the other sides will avoid chipping out saves clamping a board too
Another great video Vikkie. Well done with the bbc. How are you coping with the heat? Is it ever going to rain again? Those doors will be dry in no time if you paint them now. 😊 Mind you, I fitted a door 4 months ago and it has still not been painted due to other projects. Two tips I've learnt from my mistakes in recent years. One, you can buy hinge drill kits. The Ultimate Handyman has a video on them. They have a countersunk end that matches the size of the hinge hole and keeps it straight. I've drilled so many holes at a slant and then the screw head doesn't sit flush. ☹️ Two, I swapped the door handles on my doors to round door knobs, but then found out that the standard latches don't really work with them as the knobs are not spring loaded like the ones you were fitting. So, after searching the Internet, I found out that there are heavy duty mortice flat latches that are spring loaded themselves and thus, it don't matter if the door knob has a spring or not. Having fitted them, they are superb and I would actually be tempted to use them for any door handle type. I now have many tubular latches that will be kept in a tin for evermore! 😊 It's all trial and error and we learn by our mistakes. You are an inspiration. You even have a camper van! Keep it up girl! 😀
Thanks 😀 Definitely with trial and error, so thought why not show everything I tried if it helps speed things up for others 😀 The heat as been... UNBEARABLE lol. I had a fan on me most of the time and the room upstairs with the wonky door frame was the worst... It's a sun trap in there and needed the blinds open for the camera to pick up the detail 😣 Thankfully I can laugh about it now 🤣
The misses has been nagging me to fit a door for the ensuit as there wasn't one on when we moved in 2 years ago. After watching this video I decided she should have a go and kindly shared the link. 👍
Have a look at my other door hanging video, too with flush hinges. I enjoyed this method, but flush hinges are easier and good for these lightweight doors :)
Excellent work Vikkie. Was you happy by any chance when you got the first door hung? I'm sure more expensive doors just mean more work lifting them about and taking a little more time as they are solid. Well done, RU-vid star, Radio Star and now TV Star! 😀
😁 Hanging doors was a priceless experience 😂 Hopefully I can get more practice later with some nicer ones on a future house 😊 (perhaps more solid ones if I ever have feisty kids like you said recently 😉
Invest in a airbag, look for the tool offers in Lidl, £7 for x2 or £12 from screw fix/toolstation for x1. Great bit of kit for hanging doors so much more control than using wooden wedges plus wedges can slip or damage the bottom of the door. Basically it's a little airbag that you pump up using your foot to lift the door. Also while your at it get some 600 grit wet n dry paper to clean up those chisels.
If you haven't got any clamps to add some scrap to the back of the door, the easiest way to avoid blowout is to just get the tip of the drill showing through then use that small hole to drill back in from the other side, giving you clean edges to the hole on both sides of the door.
I just bought a cheap Forge set from.Screwfix. I'll be sharing a video on flush hinges next week that doesn't involve chisels if that's better? They're much easier and suitable for lightweight doors. But if you don't have a section cut out for latches, then you will need chisels.
Well done Vikki. When drilling out the latch as soon as the tip came through the other side you could've stopped and drilled through from there that way you'd be drilling into the door from both sides. Also try using an auger bit next time the one that looks like a big corkscrew. It's a shame as last week I had to dump 4 solid wood Victorian doors that nobody wanted.
Hi vickie love your videos just a tip on drilling for the spindle if you drill through enough of the door for the tip of the spade bit to poke the to the other side of the door then drill back through to the other side you shouldn't have a problem with the wood breaking out also for the catch face plate you don't need to counter sink the holes as the screws will pull the plate into the door
Good video a tip when drilling spindle hole for tubular latch drill from one side as shown but keep looking on other side for when the spur of flat drill just pokes through then stop and pick up the spur hole on t’other side and drill through. Result you don’t have to put bits of timber on to avoid bad breakout. Whoops didn’t see other comments same as mine.
Thanks so much! Definitely won't forget that for next time, but amazing how none of the DIY companies, such as B&Q never showed this (which is a MUST) in their videos!
Try blue groove Erwin drill bits they are far better than spade bits as there is less chance of side wall break out when drilling deep holes when there's not much material each side ie lock sides once you start drilling with blue groove they help to keep the hole straight and provide a far cleaner cut, and as been mentioned when drilling for the handle keep bar as soon as the tip of the bit shows reverse the bit and drill from the other side.one other thing wedge the hung door from both sides I tend to use a screwdriver each side to help stability when drilling. Great work and I can see you really enjoy the jobs you do and that is what makes this kind of work a pleasure 🙂
Hi Vikkie, I love your videos, you have a lovely natural way of explaining things. I was always told that the hinges should be on the side that would ensure the door opens against the wall - is that wrong, or is it personal preference? X
What I've found is it depends on the type of room and where the light switch is. In this room, if we swapped the door opening around, we would have had to get an electrician in to move the switch. Also, I like that you can't see straight in if you open the door which could be very useful if a family moved in as kids don't always knock before they enter 😂
Good news and thanks for sharing. Mmm, - hung five doors myself a few years ago - came out ok after my first one and they still open and close! BUT- I did manage to shut myself in the kitchen with one that fitted that fitted too snugly and my neighbour had to help me out of the window, haha 😂 the wedge had jammed in the bottom of the door 🤗🌲🦊🌲
Wow, that's amazing Claire! I did keep saying to myself "Don't close the door while the latch is in and no handle" 😂 My OH left something leaning on the sliding doors once though, and trapped me in the conservatory while Hans was in the house. Thanks God there's a kitchen window between both and was left open. I just about managed to crawl through it while Hans gave me the head tilt 🤣
The Carpenter's Daughter ahh thank goodness Hans wasn’t at my house to give ME a head and tilt!!! My neighbour tilted his head a bit - but probably just an inbreeding thing - funny folk in the village you know! 😂😂
when drilling for your spindle just drill till the point just comes through the turn round and drill from the other side to meet then it will be perfect for you and quicker . Plus using a door and board lifter can help you a lot when screwing to your frame , you just put your foot in leaving the front piece under the door and press down slowly. So you know what one of these is look on screw fix and enter 20360 in the search , sometimes you can even find them cheaper if you look round or wait till they have a sale on .