How To Fix Hinge Holes On 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.

How to fix hinge holes on door.

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. Drill out the old holes. This video from the honest carpenter will show you how to fi. So try this fix that will be barely noticeable on the ends and edge of the stile.

Fix it the right way not the wrong way. You can plug the holes fred but that would leave visible patches on the inside of your door. 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. If the hinge leaf is recessed only at the bottom or the top insert a shim behind only part of the hinge leaf.

The dowel i bought was 48 long so i cut off three pieces that were around 1 5 long. Hold until the glue starts to dry. Using your 3 8 drill bit drill out the old screw holes. Once the wood is the right size glue the inward facing side and then press it into place.

The wrong way is a temporary fix not cool. First on the errant stile rip a 1 8 deep rabbet the full width of the stile as shown above. If the hinge and jamb are painted cut the paint around the leaf with a utility knife swing the leaf away from the jamb. Then bore out the stripped holes with a 3 8 inch diameter bit.

Use a hinge leaf as a template to make a cardboard shim that you can slip behind the leaf. Dry fit your dowels to make. How to fix a loose door hinge in 10 minutes leah from see jane drill demonstrates how to fix a loose door hinge. Hinge slots or mortises are unsightly gaps left behind when doors are removed from doorways.

Then just reinstall the hinges and you should be fine. How to repair stripped screw holes for a door hinge. 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.