How To Fix Hinge Holes On Door

Then bore out the stripped holes with a 3 8 inch diameter bit.

How to fix hinge holes on door.

This video from the honest carpenter will show you how to fi. Take a plain piece of wood the width of your door and cut it down until it fits into the shape left by your former door hinge. Hinge slots or mortises are unsightly gaps left behind when doors are removed from doorways. Use a hinge leaf as a template to make a cardboard shim that you can slip behind the leaf.

For a quick fix you could take a toothpick wooden skewer or wooden golf tee with a little wood glue and gently hammer it into the screw holes to strengthen the wooden stile so that it will provide a better grip for the screws. Subscribe to our channel and like our video. So try this fix that will be barely noticeable on the ends and edge of the stile. Then just reinstall the hinges and you should be fine.

Remove the screws that hold the loose hinge leaf to the door jamb. If the hinge and jamb are painted cut the paint around the leaf with a utility knife swing the leaf away from the jamb. 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. Using your 3 8 drill bit drill out the old screw holes.

Dry fit your dowels to make. If the hinge leaf is recessed only at the bottom or the top insert a shim behind only part of the hinge leaf. Hold until the glue starts to dry. The wrong way is a temporary fix not cool.

If a hinge leaf is recessed below the surface of the jamb or the door edge the door will not close well and the hinge will bend when you close it. How to repair stripped screw holes for a door hinge. You can plug the holes fred but that would leave visible patches on the inside of your door. First on the errant stile rip a 1 8 deep rabbet the full width of the stile as shown above.

Drill out the old holes. The dowel i bought was 48 long so i cut off three pieces that were around 1 5 long. How to fix a loose door hinge in 10 minutes leah from see jane drill demonstrates how to fix a loose door hinge.