Repair Loose Door Hinge Screws

Repair of loose hinges or stripped screws quick and easy.

Repair loose door hinge screws.

To repair a loose door hinge. You can repair a loose wood screw hole for a hinge by inserting a dowel to reinstall the screw or by relocating the hinge so it holds stronger. Allow the glue to dry. If the door still moves even a tiny bit after you tighten its hinge screws you have to repair the enlarged screw holes.

If the hinge and jamb are painted cut the paint around the leaf with a utility knife swing the leaf away from the jamb. Angle the long screws toward the studs to make sure they catch. Wait at least an hour. This trick will work on any wood surface where a screw is loose or the hole is stripped out to the point that the screw will no longer get or stay tight.

3 4 long 3 8 diameterpatent pending. Replace hinges that are totally. Tap the tee into the hinge screw hole with a hammer. Your first thought may be to ditch the original screw for one that is larger so it will grab something and stay tight.

Then glue and cut the dowel so it s flush with the edge of the door or hinge. Satin nickel rehinge screws for interior door hinges. The next day it s sticking. The wrong way is a temporary fix not cool.

Bore out and plug each of the remaining stripped screw holes the same way. Break the tee off even with the bottom of the mortise. Dip the bare end of a wooden match in some carpenter s glue and tap it with a hammer as far into the screw hole as it will go. View full product details.

Don t be that guy. Repair one screw hole at a time so that you don t have to remove the door. Spread carpenter s glue onto a 3 8 inch diameter x 1 inch long wood dowel and tap it into the hole until it s flush with the jamb. Then bore out the stripped holes with a 3 8 inch diameter bit.

Score the tee with a utility knife flush with the mortise. Repair broken door hinges that hang loosely off the door by replacing the hinge pin or filling the stripped screw holes and reattaching the hinges to the door. Fix it the right way not the wrong way. If you have a loose screw we can fix that.

Replace short hinge screws with long screws when the screw holes no longer hold. Coat a wooden golf tee with glue. To remove the loose wood screw drill out the stripped hole and glue in a dowel the same diameter as your drill bit. Remove the loose screws.

Reinstall the hinge and screws in the holes.