Will it, won’t it?

Well, the waiting is over, it’s come to that time when we see if the doors actually fit. I’d like to say that this is the easy part, but the truth is it’s one of the most stressful, because Brian’s fitting traditional French hinges.

As always, it seems success is in the preparation, and even the marking of where the hinges will go is an important task.

French hinges can fit into the wood of the door and frame, so effectively you do not see the supporting plate once they’re in, the only difficulty is that they’re not as adjustable as other types of hinges. All marked up though, and the first cuts are made.

Brian is quite nervous about the cuts, because they can’t be changed once they’re done, it’s a kind of one shot fitting.

One in place! We will need to fill the screw holes and touch up the paint work, but when finished you’ll never know the holes are there.

With the first pieces in the frame, the door will now have something to hang on. Just got to do the same for the door.

Final cuts made, just need to fit the second part of the hinge and he can hang it.

Voila! The door not only fits, it looks amazing.

Now he just needs to do that all again.