Remove door to paint

[Abyone]

Have to paint the external side of my rear doors.
They have lift off hinges on the side however on the top they have some sort of sliding hinge.

Is it easy to disconnect or remove this hinge on the top - if so how, would prefer not to unscrew it from frame if it can be avoided.

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

@crank39

 

[crank39]

Its a slimline opening restrictor and stops the door opening past 90 degrees, If you really need to remove the door then you won't have much choice because the other 2 screws on top of the door are inaccessible because of the reveal above the door, is there any reason you don't want to remove it from the frame?

On closer looking at your pictures your going to struggle lifting the door high enough to clear the hinges anyway so your question may be academic

 

[Abyone]

Thanks, no reason other than the hassle, the lift off hinges are easy to deal with, unscrewing and rescrewing could be more problems.
But do you think I'll struggle to remove the door anyway ?

 

[crank39]

Undoing the restrictor from the head is easy, no hassle but like I said you won't get to the other screws on top of the door anyway so you have no choice but to remove the restrictor from the frame, and again it doesn't look like you have enough room to lift the door up anyway

 

[Abyone]

Thanks, do you reckon they plastered around the door after it was installed and the extra inch or so if plaster along the top of the door recess will mean I can't ever lift off the door ?

 

[Scally-Ho]

If you really want to remove the travel restrictor, unscrew it from the frame first and then from the door head when off its hinges.
It's a common type often found affixed to plastic doors/windows etc.
From the photos, yes that frame was most probably fixed before the plasterers, or definitely before the walls were made good because the finish is too good to be an after fitment.

 

[Abyone]

Thanks, actually I really just want to make the job of painting as easy as possible. Maybe I should leave the door in place ?

 

[Scally-Ho]

Thanks, actually I really just want to make the job of painting as easy as possible. Maybe I should leave the door in place ?

It would certainly be easier for you and I doubt if you asked a professional decorator to remove the doors before refinishing, he/she would actually quote for the job. With the right brushes and varnish etc, the job should not take too long. Proper preparation first though will pay dividends

 

[Abyone]

Well I was actually thinking of painting rather than a new coat of varnish so was planning to sand first and therefore I thought easier to sand if I took it off.

 

[Scally-Ho]

Well I was actually thinking of painting rather than a new coat of varnish so was planning to sand first and therefore I thought easier to sand if I took it off.

If that's an oily hardwood, then you need a good bleed-stop to stop the wood base grinning through and spoiling your paint finish.

 

[Abyone]

If that's an oily hardwood, then you need a good bleed-stop to stop the wood base grinning through and spoiling your paint finish.

Yeah my plan is Tikkurila Ultra Primer followed by Ultra Classic.

 

[Abyone]

If it's ok Id like to ask a similar question about my windows. Some of my windows have side hinges and others just have top and bottom sliding style hinges.
Would it be easy to remove these window units from the frame to paint ? Just to save me getting up on a ladder for 1st floor access.

 

[Scally-Ho]

As soon as those restrictor style hinges have been removed, the whole weight of the frame plus the sealed DG unit will be in your hands. If you feel able to manage the weight of both, then go ahead. If there were two sets of hands, then you have a fighting chance.

 

[Abyone]

Thanks, each dg unit is about 1m x 40cm - would they still be too heavy?