antique door hinge replacement

In this post I prepare an antique door to replace a hollow-core door. This door will go in an upstairs bedroom. The house came with all hollow core doors and this is the final hollow-core that I want to replace.

The antique I got from New England Salvage & Demolition, New Bedford MA. Their long aisles of old doors were organized by number of panels. As you can see, this is a four-panel and it was $80.

The antique was 1/4 inch too narrow so here I prepare to widen it. First I fill in the old hinge mortise. A mortise is just a cut in the wood so the hinge fits flush, see?
Here in photo below, I'm raising the hinge location using a mount that I cut from a piece of scrap wainscoting.

In photo below, can you see how I raised the hinge?

I used really long screws for the hinges because 1) screws that came with the hinge are too short to go through both the new mounts and then anchor into the door itself. And 2) shorter screws loosen more easily, 3) the door was manufactured as an exterior door and is therefore very heavy; 4) the hinge area already had many holes in it due to past re-hinging. Here I use 2 1/2-inch long deck screws to firmly seat the hinge.

In photo below, I widen the rest of the door using lattice wood (1 1/2 x 1/4 inch), which makes the door 1/4 inch wider.

Currently I've sanded and primed the door. I will paint it a historic cream color.


Part 2: Garden

The rose bush is blooming like crazy. There's the famous motorcycle behind the roses.

Below is the layout of the garden. I have been fastidiously weeding by dragging a large hoe over the soil 2-3 times a week.

From another angle...

Kale from mom's friend, just planted

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