Ball Tip Door Hinge Removal

But the pin ain t budging.

Ball tip door hinge removal.

Whether your door has a ball tip hinge pin or the more elaborate finial style most of them can be removed the same way. Nostalgic warehouse 728356 3 5 ball tip residential 5 8 radius corners door hinge oil rubbed bronze 4 7 out of 5 stars 38 grandeur hardware 808988 3 5 ball tip residential hinge with square corners 3 5 x 3 5 vintage brass. The challenge comes when homeowners have painted over the door hinge leaving layers of paint accumulating over the pin or when rust builds up around the steel pin locking it in place. It seems simple to remove a door from the doorjamb you pull the pin and lift the door off its hinges.

Complete home hardware offers both ball tips and steeple tips for our oil rubbed bronze and satin nickel interior and exterior residential hinges used on both architectural hinges and standard 3 5 interior and 4 exterior residential hinges ball tips and steeple tip finials enhance your homes door hardware and accent the door lever handles and doorknobs and pulls throughout your home. Next lodge a book under the door to keep it from toppling over while you unpin it. Then use your hammer to push the nail punch up and under the pin until it dislodges. First the door isn t stuck closed it won t close the bottom drags on the floor before it can get to a closed position.

Tips on easily removing the pins from door hinges. This is a ball bearing hinge with a bottom cap that has a hole in it. The exposed tip of the pin was either in the shape of a sphere which was called a ball tip or had a fancy turned shaped called a finial tip. Second the hinges don t look like the one on my door.

To remove a door hinge pin start by making sure you have a hammer a screwdriver and a nail punch or nail set. None of that video helps me. So why would you want to remove hinge pins in the first place. The hinge pin has a cap on both top and bottom the caps are attached.

I would think all i do is bang on the bottom of the pin through the hole using some kind of pin popper allen wrench nail whatever. The hinges on.