How to Install Offset Hinges | Swing Clear, or Expandable Hinges for Walkers, Wheelchairs, Rollators

[@neechi_97]

I can't thank you enough for this. I just bought my first home and I am currently trying to make my house more accessible for my mother when she visits/to encourage her to come visit by making it as comfortable as possible!

[@truthseeker0219]

I went to Amazon first to see if they had these. It only had a picture of the hinge. So I decided to come here to see if someone might have done a video for them. Well here I am 😅. Great job in every aspect. I felt like you were an online personal instructor. I don’t think you missed a thing. Ty 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@EquipMeOT]

Thank you for the kind comment! I’m glad it was a helpful video! Love these hinges!

[@kellarwilson2851]

I agree with the comments. I’m tackling this project this weekend, and I couldn’t ask for a clearer set of instructions. The tips you gave for this are superb. Not only do they answer questions I was having, but are likely to save me hours of frustration. Thank you!

[@albertreiff7451]

Great information and great video. I am an occupational therapist and Southwest Wisconsin doing Home care in private practice. I used your video to help me the other night when I was installing some of these for a client.

[@EquipMeOT]

That's awesome! Glad to help!

[@BrianBBrianGregory]

I appreciate you. We had slight hiccups but this video made it easier.

[@trsnb]

Excellent tutorial! As an RN I have done teaching of complex topics for the public for years. It is not easy to distill key technical points and cautions. To explain a thing simply one must understand it well ---you did a great job.

[@EquipMeOT]

Thank you so much!

[@alexkuehl6306]

Great video and recommendation! I saw you post about these hinges on IG earlier and I've converted 2 out of 5 doors. We will save thousands of dollars - thank you!! And I messed up a few times on my first install too. One tip I find helpful when installing by myself is actually to remove the pin from the hinges, screw the pieces on separately, then line up the door and reset the pin. I also had trouble getting the door to latch closed so I removed the trim on the inside doorway for a tighter fit, then reinstalled smaller pieces around the hinge. Thanks again!

[@EquipMeOT]

Glad they worked for your needs! Those are helpful suggestions, thanks for sharing!

[@PongoXBongo]

I did the pin-popping trick too while helping a friend install these as he's now in a wheelchair after an accident. I laid the doors down in the ground so he could install the door-side of the hinges while I installed the frame-side of them. Made short work of an entire hallway's worth of doors like that.

[@jeffreygura8171]

Excellent and thorough explanations with very clear video of installation and final function.

[@devonmc5982]

Thanks so much for this video! I have a hard time visualizing how pieces will fit together sometimes and these hinges messed with my head. Your instructions and tips really helped make this an easy task.

[@garyp.7501]

Thanks for making this video! Nothing like having you make the mistakes for us, ie door first, frame second. And yeah your teeshirt says it all!

[@adamjohnston4879]

Thank you. Followed your instructions and got them installed. The extra width was a big improvement.

[@EquipMeOT]

Yay! Glad you were able to install!

[@johnpauljones965]

Love this! Gonna be doing this on all the doors (bathroom and bedroom) in my mother’s house.

[@EquipMeOT]

Great idea! It makes a big difference!

[@WigsGlam]

Great idea… I purchased these and installed them by your step-by-step instructions. They did give me enough space to get my wheelchair inside the door, but not my walker.… and because of the design of my trim, the door would not close completely unless I were to cut out or remove my trim to make the hinge lay together flat. I do not like to be cold in the winter time so I do not want my door to not close properly.

[@veronicafuller5286]

Wow. Thanks so much for your video. I knew I would be able to do this as all my sisters call me handyma'am, however I am especially thankful for the advice of putting the hinge to the door first! Saved me time. Was a very easy install as all the hardware was the same size.

[@timbui5556]

Thank you for making this clear, informative and wonderful video!

[@kellywise-ym7ft]

Excellent demonstration.

[@EquipMeOT]

Thank you! I hope it is helpful!

[@rayjonprayjohn]

Omg😅, ty so much for posting, helped me do it right the first time, usually I try several ways to do projects

[@dorenemadrzykowski8426]

So many handymen dont know anything about these. My dad just moved into AL, bedroom doorway too small. I had to order these and install them myself.

[@EquipMeOT]

So true! They should be the default in AL facilities!

[@diyvideojunk2066]

Very useful and informative - it's given me an idea to solve a problem. Thanks for taking the time !

[@EquipMeOT]

You’re welcome!

[@mizlola68]

YES! Thank you! I did it!!!

[@EquipMeOT]

Yay! You’re welcome!

[@briankrebs890]

Also when putting your screws into the old holes, put a tooth pick in it . Keeps the screws from stripping

[@WigsGlam]

This is such an excellent idea without having to hire a contractor to make the doors bigger!!!

[@jhennesay]

Thanks and wouldn’t have known about this simple option.

[@coollee303]

Thank you. This video helped me immensely.

[@EquipMeOT]

You're very welcome!

[@shawnkenney4344]

Just one thing, i learned this the hard way. I assume it applies to all hinges. there are two different curves to the plate. The larger curve ( featured here) will fit in the door if the smaller curve was used prior ( see the gap where the door and frame was rotored ), but not vice versa.

[@trsnb]

What curve are you referring to?? What is curved? Is that why there is a mark that she mentioned??

[@stonecrestquilt]

Thank you for showing this!

[@tonyd1149]

Thank you for making and posting this video. God[Bible] Bless you.

[@feelosophy1921]

Hood to know for the future.

[@tillmansr2002]

Great video, how does this work on a door that swings the opposite direction? Is the 'bulky' part of the hinge always on the side which the door swings into? If so if the door swings toward the room opening (like a closet), would the bulky part be on the room side (always in view)?

[@hugoreis2445]

Really good your video, I had no idea how this works, thanks

[@EquipMeOT]

You’re welcome!

[@PongoXBongo]

No wheelchairs in my house (yet, knock-on-wood), but these look ideal for widening a garage door for ease of garbage bin and wheelbarrow access.

[@custommadeclosings]

One question: Shouldn't you have first reversed the pins, so that their caps would be on top? It looks like the hinges were set for a left opening door when they were shipped.

[@spondulix99]

My only suggestion is to remove the lower hinge first. Otherwise, there is the possibility of the door falling over on and injuring the person while removing the lower hinge. If the upper hinge is removed last, the person will be standing fully upright when, and if, the door, now completely free, falls away from the door opening. In that position, the person can easily prevent the door from falling away from vertical. Not so if the last hinge removed is at the bottom of the door. For the same reason, after attaching the new hinges to the door itself, the upper hinge should be the first to be attached to the door frame. Again, to prevent the possibility of the door falling over onto the person while attaching the lower hinge to the door frame.

[@reachandler3655]

Excellent content, thankyou.

[@ClarkeLSmith]

I have a quick question: Do you think that this was the correct size hinge? I noticed when looking on Amazon that there are hinges that will fit either the 1-3/4" or the 1-3/8" door - but the one in your links states that it will fit BOTH sizes... so it MUST be larger that the one that fits a 1-3/8" door... this may be why at 04:35 you can see such a wide offset before the angle that would normally fit against the edge of the door...

[@calyre]

Will this type of hinge allow the door to open 180 degrees?

[@nicholasbalandiat9563]

I do have a wall that the door swings against. So what's the clearance do you need for your hinge. (how close can the wall be?) Also how far does the door shift INTO the room since the interior door knob will hit the wall when I swing this door open all the way but the bathtub is close like 4-6 inches.

[@EquipMeOT]

You'll need 3.5 inches of space behind the door to accommodate the hinge and the door width.

[@sharondipitous38]

​@@EquipMeOTHi. Is the 3.5" beyond the frame or can you include the frame?

[@bogusemail4781]

@@sharondipitous38 I think she means to measure the distance from the "inside" of the door (in the 90-degree open position) to the wall and you need this to be at least 3.5". So, it would seem that it doesn't matter how wide the frame is since it would be out of the way in the new open position after installing the offset hinge. But if you have a door knob that sticks out more than 3.5" then that is a problem. Or if there is a towel rod or rack on the wall then you need to account for that too. Also, the swing side of the door may move closer to the frame (by an amount equal to the thickness of the hinge plate material) so it may be a tighter fit when closing the door or it may not close at all. Best to do a dry fit first before removing or drilling anything.

[@LubaLuba1]

I have a question you might be able to help me with i want to leave the sliding doors i have but put hinges on the doors are these special hinges?

[@fredartus9571]

great offset hinge video

[@EquipMeOT]

Thanks!

[@kblake8955]

Thanks - very helpful

[@adharamartinez4427]

Thank you for your video.

[@dazzerin1]

Thanks it was a great video

[@stevedillenschneider9929]

Has the pin on the top hinge fallen out yet? Or did you correct your installation after posting the video?

[@PerryLund]

Hinges is installed upside down. The pin for a hinge always faces up. This was the wrong hinge for this application. A hinge installed with the pin facing down leads to the pin falling out over the years.

[@bogusemail4781]

I can confirm that the hinge pin faces UP for a door that opens/hinges on the OPPOSITE side of the door frame from the one in the video. Alternately, like someone else here suggested, maybe the pin can be first removed, then the hinge plates can be installed separately on door and on frame, then the pin can be reinserted the right away. Can also remove and reinstall the pin after the fact but it requires some care and planning to avoid damaging the door jam due to the weight of the door. I would shim the door bottom first, then remove the bottom pin, reinstall it, remove and reinstall top pin.

[@dinaclapinski]

Very helpful!

[@EquipMeOT]

I'm so glad!

[@peacefulpear8]

Fantastic! Tyvm!!!!

[@EquipMeOT]

You’re welcome!

[@peacefulpear8]

@@EquipMeOT I have questions. It seems to me using this would push the door back, closer to the wall. Would the door knob then be in the way? Also does it cause the door to swing out at a longer length than it originally would with normal hinges?

[@joannaleventisnoonan2076]

Are the hinges supposed to hang upside in your video?

[@joannaleventisnoonan2076]

I mean the pin

[@kathydestefano4342]

Hi. What is the link to these hinges on Amazon?

[@EquipMeOT]

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[@pantherkittysoftware3918]

Does anybody make offset hinges with about1/2" LESS offset than the nominal "2 inch" ones? My mom's wheelchair can *barely* scrape through the bathroom doorway with about 1mm to spare, but the offset hinges I bought (with 2 inch nominal shift) are a little too big to fit due to the doorframe being too close to the perpendicular wall (the door trim itself was trimmed to accommodate the profile of the wall tile on the perpendicular wall). For what it's worth, the hinge I originally tried was 63mm (measured from the outermost part of the hinge-pin shroud to the surface that would be in contact with the door... the nested inner part was 59mm). To fit, it needs to be about 9mm less (let's say 1cm if I don't want to live dangerously and risk having it not fit if my measurements are slightly off).

[@jenniferbondeson7584]

The hinge pin is upside down here and falls out. Great video until my pins fell out!

[@Ki-Lessons]

While you had the door off the frame, this would be the time to cut the bottom of the door about 1/2 min, and why? Now the bloody door will clear the carpet you should also have in the bathroom.

[@cal30m1]

All my interior doors have 3” hinges, ain’t I lucky?

[@nicholedawson6841]

Why not lay it on its side so you don't have to reach up like that since it's already freestanding? It'd make everything easier. With that said, I'll be going to the store today. Lol

[@EquipMeOT]

It was nearly impossible to film it in our super narrow hallway, and I couldn’t lay it down on the space easily. It’s def an option though!

[@Israel-hn3lw]

A man would have taken the pins out first and it would have been faster and easier

[@dylanmoore7466]

Its almost never easier to do that when you are replacing the hinge to begin with. Redundant step. Stop being a pitiful misogynist

[@tonyyglesias7784]

O.K. could have been a 2 minute video, too many breaks.

[@EquipMeOT]

It takes more than 2 minutes to install new hinges on a door. I like it to be realistic for those doing it at home.

[@KJ-tq3sm]

What? get your man to do that and make him a sandwich. Gender roles are key to a happy relationship.