Door Install Trick – DON'T SCREW THROUGH THE HINGE!!!

Guess I'm the only one who doesn't get it..
So you take the screws out of the hinge, fold the hinge out of the way, screw a screw into the top left corner of the area the hinge covers, then fold the hinge back and screw it back on….. What does this achieve? It seems to me there's now just a screw randomly screwed into my door frame that serves no purpose which I covered up with the hinge….. ?

Also, video is titled "Don't screw through the hinge"… but if you don't screw through the hinge then the hinge will have nothing attaching it to the wall. You can pick a hinge up off a table, then hold it up to a wall, but if you take your hand off that hinge… it's going to fall to the ground. Why? Well….. gravity. There are no screws holding it to the wall, so it falls. So what do you mean don't put screws through it?

Obviously I'm completely missing something. Would somebody help me out?

I just buy the same color and head type screw in a 3 inch. I don't blame a painter for taking a black screw out, that would look like crap if it was the only off color screw.

This aint a new trick, we have been doing this for ages

Locating the frame screws behind the hinges also reduces or eliminates the need to fill screw holes for painting or staining.

You mean, I got screwed?

I don't get it.

Is he talking about securing the frame?

Is splitting the frame a step too?

I’m installing a new pantry door and I can’t seem to get it to stay constantly aligned. Does this method work what’s the purpose of the screw behind the hindge

Makes no sense what is the screw doing its just countersank into the wood how would that do anything to the hindge

Beautiful! I'm a painter and i would never remove those screws when its time for doors and trim.

good plan thanks

Great Tip

Trim carpenter since 1979 here

I do all that on the finish as soon as I hang the door and set the stops , I take the door off , mark and stack it , undercut it for carpet etc . On the call back I do the screw thing and adjust as when the painters take the hinges off often time they paint behind the hinges and or strip the screws when they put them back on and things change .

After the lock goes on my doors are perfect .

The wood is already cracked!!

God damn painters

Drilled no pilot hole and cracked the jamb with the hidden screw. Nice work

I know this trick

I use set screws.

Thx man, this tip helped me with a new 6 panel hollow core door that wasn't fitting width wise. I put two screws on both top and bottom hinge areas and snugged the jam. I was about to take a 16th of my new doors and did your trick and the door fit perfect after. Thx dude 🤙

Or do what I do, only use Tectus Hinges.

This is a great trick on painted doors. Painters take the screws out and when they put them back in the just tighten them however. Not all paint most. We started doing this about ten years ago and haven’t had a call back for door that don’t operate correctly

The problem with door reveals not staying even today is the framing is such crap and jamb materials are junk, your tip is excellent though and is truly the best way to hang a door properly

What?

Man I’ve never thought of that! I put so many doors in with the long screw through the hinge.

never had painters remove hinges…

Just… Put the screw back when you're done messing with it? If I noticed my hinge were missing a screw I would just put one in there. Is there something I'm missing?

This made no sense to me. Maybe a more complete video or some help from the readers please?

You split that jam… is that ok?

That’s why I laws had colored long screws!!

This has to be something what I miss, why shims arent fixed with frames in first place, so whole thing stays and painter can do what ever painter needs to do.

Good idea

You have way more confidence in painters than you should

I prefer Long screws in the hinges. Wanna fight?

I don't understand how that works

I'm the carpenter and the painter so as long as I don't forget to not sabotage my own work, I should be fine

Thanks, but the painter would be me, I won’t take it out😂

Going out on a limb here. I’m a nurse and am YouTube taught diyer. Can you explain the reasoning behind place one screw behind the hinge? I realize I should be getting it , all of the commenters get it, I don’t. I’ve taken 26 doors off the rooms in my house and sanded and primed and painted them and put them back on and I would love to know more about this procedure and so I put a one long screw behind every single hinge, but again, why?