Wooden Door Hinge Repair

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Wooden door hinge repair.

Coat a wooden golf tee with glue. Allow the glue to dry. Another hint is to use a long screw in one of the holes in the top most hinge long enough to penetrate the stud. 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.

Score the tee with a utility knife flush with the mortise. If you have a loose hinge and you can t tighten it because the screws just spin in place the screw holes are probably stripped. If you have a centering hinge drill use the hinge as a template and the finish repair will be better than new and last for years. Drop the screws into the hinge holes and tighten the ones that still have some wood to bite into.

If the loose holes are in a solid piece of wood like a door frame drill them out and fill them with wooden dowels to create a new surface for the screws to go into. It doesn t take much of a blow to break hinge screws out of a particleboard door. Remove the loose screws. Reinstall the hinge and screws in the holes.

To repair a loose door hinge. Break the tee off even with the bottom of the mortise.