Installation Guide

1. Locate the lower Hinge Shield support ,
(5) 2-1/2” and (5) 3-1/2” screws.
2. Remove the screws attaching the lower hinge to the door.
Save these screws as they will be needed to reattach the hinge
to the door.
3 . With the door hinge plate free, maneuver the support between
the door and the jamb so that the unsecured hinge plate goes
through the opening in the support.
4. There are four (4) rounded cutouts (fig. 1) with the screw holes
in their center that will be located on the inside edge (2) and door
side (2) of the support piece. The lower tabs will be positioned so
as to attain maximum penetration into the floor.
5. Hold the piece in position on the jamb. Ensure the door side
edge of the support slides behind the weather stripping.
Once the support piece is positioned properly, mark the center
of the rounded cutout of the lower tabs on the door jamb (fig. 1).
6. Remove shield and with a 1/2-inch drill bit, drill 1/2-inch holes
approximately 1/2-inch deep into the jamb at the marked locations.
7. Remove the two screws from the
lower jamb side hinge plate, closest
to the weatherstripping. Pre-drill these
holes with the 9/64-inch drill bit. Now
drive a 2-1/2 inch screw into each
of these holes, ensuring the screw
heads come to rest flush the hinge
plate.
8. As with the upper Hinge Shield,
repeat the re-install, align and
punching of the circular tabs.
Angle the lower tabs to obtain
maximum penetration into the sill plate
and floor.
9. Predrill center holes with a 11/64th-
inch drill bit in the lower tabs ensuring
the drill bit goes on a downward angle
through the vertical door jamb, sill
plate and as far as possible into the
floor.
10. Secure the lower tabs with a
supplied 3-1/2 inch screws .
11. Predrill with 9/64th-inch drill bit and install all
other screws as detailed.
Be sure to use a screw that will not come into
contact with the glass of the side light.
12. Reattach the hinge to the door with the previously
removed screws.
L o w e r Hi ng e S h i e l d
E
Screw
guide tabs
Screw
guide tab
H
G
E
Rounded
cutout with
screw hole
(fig.1)
Angled
into
floor
Rounded
cutout with
screw hole
(fig.1)
H
Mark
here
H
G
H
G