Fixing Stripped Door Hinge Holes

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Fixing stripped door hinge holes. The wrong way is a temporary fix not cool. In these situations the best repair method is to drill out the screw hole with a 1 2 inch bit then fill the enlarged hole with a glued 1 2 inch hardwood plug or solid hardwood dowel. I am the father of 2 young kids henceforth known as monkey boy and disaster girl as they break stuff around the house i try to fix it. Fix it the right way not the wrong way.

Sometimes retightening the hinge screws is all it takes to fix the problem. A loose butt hinge will cause a door to hang crooked and stick. This will wedge into the head of the screw and pull it. How to fix a stripped screw hole.

Open the door wide and insert a wedge under the bottom outside corner to level it. Easy fixes may also be ineffective in situations where a heavy door has caused hinge screws to strip out the wood on the edge of the door or the door frame. Take your screwdriver and remove the others screws that hold the hinge onto the door. Then you ll need to fix the stripped area.

We ve all had the problem of a screw getting pulled right out of a hole and stripping out the wood that should be holding it. The doors included door jambs hinges and doors that were previously hung so the screw holes were already there. Maybe the kids swung on a gate and pulled the hinge screws out or a cupboard door was swung too wide and the screws pulled right out. Step 3 remove the stripped screw.

If the screw of the hinge is the part that is stripped you will need to get a stripped screw remover from a hardware store. If you are fixing just a few loose screw holes for something that has multiple hinges like a door you can put a wedge underneath it to support it while you unscrew the loose hinge and fix the stripped holes. This is how i fixed my bathroom door. But if the screws can t be tightened because the holes are stripped try this.

When i built my house i decided to save a little money by purchasing doors from a builder s surplus warehouse. Recently i decided to permanently fix the stripped screw holes on many of my interior doors.