If this isn t working try ramming the pin up with a few more taps from the hammer.
How do you take a door off its hinges.
Open the door to carefully remove it.
Often the first step in door repair involves taking the door off its hinges.
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Unscrew the top hinge from the frame.
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Best of all it only requires a hammer and a small screwdriver.
Tap the pin up.
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If the door is triple hinged take out the middle one first.
The simple way to remove a door.
Put the hinges and screws in a safe place.
Tap the nail with a hammer to pop the head of the pin out by about.
Insert the tip of a 16d nail into the hole at the bottom of the hinges.
Tapping the hinge with a hammer can loosen it up.
For the sake of stability take off the bottom hinge first followed by the top.
Loosen the hinge pin.
So the only way to get a door open when you re on the outside and it s locked from the inside is to remove the door from its hinges.
The hole is directly underneath the head of the hinge pin.