How To Fix A Door Hinge

3 ask a helper hold the door back.

How to fix a door hinge.

Apply glue to the damaged area and immediately install the hinge and screws photo 2. Drive a screw near the middle of the area where the door is rubbing. Using your 3 8 drill bit drill out the old screw holes. Hold door hinge against cardboard and use utility knife to cut around hinge.

Close your door and tap the hinge pin with a hammer and nail punch. How to repair stripped screw holes for a door hinge. How to tighten a loose hinge step 1. Set two or three cardboard shims in the hinge mortises on the door and jamb then replace the hinge.

Place the nail on the bottom of the door hinge and tap the nail s tip with your hammer. When you ve loosened the pin pull it up and out using the back end of your hammer or an old flat head screwdriver. Secure the hinge with weights or clamps until the glue dries. The dowel i bought was 48 long so i cut off three pieces that were around 1 5 long.

Dry fit your dowels to make. How to tighten stripped hinge screws. If you re using polyurethane adhesive dampen the hinge with water to activate the glue. Remove the screws that hold the loose hinge leaf to the door jamb.

Tighten screws gradually and watch the trim to make sure you don t. Test the hinge image zoom on the latch side a door is cut at a slight bevel to make it easier to close. Tap wood image zoom if that does not solve the problem trim pieces of shim or other small wood pieces to fit. Take the hinges with you to the hardware store and use them to help you purchase a new hinge that will fix the mortises or hinge seats on the door and doorjamb.

Then reinstall the door. Keep in mind that the nail will be useless after you do this. Squeaky hinges using a nail insert it beneath the hinge pins and push them halfway up. Now lubricate the hinges with oil and add some drops at the top of the raised pin.

You may need to add a second screw. Drill through the jamb countersink the screwhead with a countersink bit. Open and close the door to verify that the oil gets all the way to the bottom part of the hinge pin. You may need to add a second screw.