How to Remove Internal Doors with Screw-In Hinges: Resolving Lifting Resistance Issues

Hello. The problem may seem trivial, but I have exhausted all the topics that suggest a solution to the problem. I need to remove the internal doors from their hinges (screw-in type, without external adjustment), but an attempt to lift them is not possible, there is a clear resistance. So how can I take them out?

I do not know what else I could inform you about, so ask, I will try to answer.

Illustrative photo.

Maybe I will ask a trivial question - did you open the door wide enough not to catch any part (indentation) on the frame?

While lifting, move the door leaf (open - close).

Kuniarz wrote:

Maybe I will ask a trivial question - did you open the door wide enough not to catch any part (indentation) on the frame?

Yes.

Radiokiller wrote:

While lifting, move the door leaf (open - close).

I haven't tried that at all. I will let you know during the day if it worked.

Use a simple lever to make it easier for you to raise this door. The idea is to press the lever with your foot to raise the door. You just have to hold them so that they do not fall over.

One-arm lever .
It's a good idea to spray WD 40 hinges before the procedure.

A lever or even something in the wedge pattern may help. How difficult they are, this task seems difficult, but it is "only" a matter of strength if they do not hook anything.

Hello.

Take a picture of the second and possibly third hinge and the entire door.

They don't look like super reinforced, heavy, rather standard, I have a similar one in the basement.
They should go down without a problem, if they don't want to, something's up.
Pictures will help.

Use the proposed wedges as a last resort. The door may cease to be aesthetic.

Check the other hinges to see if they are all mounted in the same way. If it turns out that one of them is opposite to the one you showed, there is no chance of a "normal" photo.
In addition, is there any blockage above the hinges, such as a screw or something that prevents the hinge from being removed?

Such hinges usually do not sit quite so rigidly in the door and frame, which causes them to skew when pulled off and thus to get jammed.
You have to put the lever right next to the door frame, because only the edges of such doors have solid wood inside.
After placing the lever, you have to press the lever to raise the door, while moving it simultaneously so that the hinges rotate as when closing and opening.
As you can see in the photo, the hinges are skewed from the very beginning of the assembly, so they are still a bit wedged.
I usually use a chisel based on a small block of wood as a lever for such extraction, I press the chisel handle with my foot and with both hands I move the door, holding it at the same time so that it does not fall off the hinges.

Hello, forgive me for delay. Unfortunately, moving the door forward and backward did not work, and I do not want to use force solutions such as levers, due to the fact that it is not my door and I am afraid to damage something.

I am enclosing a photo of the second hinge and the door in its entirety. It doesn't look like the hinges are mounted the other way around, and I still don't understand what's stopping the door from gently removing it. The hinges have also been properly lubricated. To be clear - the hinges have absolutely no form of external adjustment, no screws, nothing.

There is also a bit boring option - grab the door handle, with your other hand below, grab it harder and chase it and back as if you were swinging the door harder, pulling it upwards. If you notice that the gap between the hinge parts is getting bigger, you are at home.

And tell me, for what purpose do you want to remove this door?

Maybe we can do without it?

I made a very advanced technical drawing.
By pressing your foot on the end of the red element, the door should come out of the hinges without any problems.

It's better like drawing. It is important to lift from the hinge side and not from the other.

I'm not begging you. Are we talking here?
Brecha to the open door. At the end, a rag, so as not to scratch the wing, and a rag to the floor, so as not to scratch the panels. One firm leverage and the door comes down. They don't want to come off after being smeared with some graphite grease (until it flows out). Such a lubricant is a severe shear problem. Take WD40, spray on the hinge, leave it for an hour, spray again and try.

Check that the pin in which the hinge does not rotate with the door. When the pin rotates, such a hinge has the opposite effect and removal of the door is not possible when rust has gripped the upper end of the pin. In such a case, the lower end of the pin must be blocked against its rotation, e.g. by drilling a hole of approx. 2 mm diameter and inserting, for example, a nail.

The following lever works very well and precisely, just an ax placed with a blade under the door. By lifting the handle, you can place and move a block, e.g. a book or two under the handle, freely and precisely adjust the lifting height.

MercilessSinner wrote:

and I do not want to use force solutions like levers, due to the fact that it is not my door and I am afraid to damage something.

Act sensitively, you will not damage anything and to be sure, wrap the lever with paper or a cloth so as not to injure the door and the floor.
I always take it off because my door, even though it slightly comes off the hinges, is so heavy that the lever makes the work much easier. I have a bigger problem when putting it on, I also help myself with the lever. Cheer Archimedes

When putting it on, it is best to provide the help of a second person, because you need to regulate raising / lowering and aiming in two places at the same time.

You can buy a ready-made "device" to facilitate the removal of the door.