How To Fill In Door Hinge Holes

Hinge slots or mortises are unsightly gaps left behind when doors are removed from doorways.

How to fill in door hinge holes.

Cut shims to match the dimensions of the hinge cutouts. Insert a shim into the cutout. Fill holes with toothpicks or matches to provide added grip for screws. Attach it using your hammer and a nail or two.

Cover the shim and any open spaces with wood putty. Leah demonstrates how to move the hinges from one place on the door to another using a dutchman to fill the existing mortise. Use wood caulking and place it inside the holes. Unscrew the loose screws and remove the hinge from on top of the stripped holes.

Before you can fit any covers over the holes you will first need to add some caulking to the wood in order to prevent the wood splitting during temperature changes. Support this channel by shop. Squeeze a drop of carpenter s glue into each loose hole then push about 3 wooden matches or toothpicks into the hole or enough to fill it and snap the excess wood off. How to fill in where hinges are removed step 1.

Step 1 fill in the hole.