How To Fix Closet Door Off Its Hinge

Doors that bind or will not close properly are common problems.

How to fix closet door off its hinge.

Plane the door with a belt sander. Inspect the door hinge and look for where it is loose or hangs off of the door or doorjamb. Masking tape makes the pencil line easy to see. Before trying to trim the door open it and examine the hinges.

Adjust the height of the doors by screwing the bottom pin in to lower them or out to raise them. Set the pencil tip and compass point 1 8 in. The screw holes where the hinge or hinges are loose need to be repaired. Test each screw by tightening it with a screwdriver.

For the easiest adjustment without taking the door out of its track take the weight off the door by shimming underneath it. Remove the screws that hold the loose hinge leaf to the door jamb. One type of pin adjustment requires a wrench and the other pliers. But over time hinges can cause major door problems and prevent the fixture from functioning properly.

Lasted about a week. Apart and run the point along the jamb. This is a heavy composite door to keep the heat from the garage out of the house. Open the door to carefully remove it.

How to tighten stripped hinge screws. A hinge can often work loose binding the door against the frame. Lay the door on a flat surface and unscrew the hinges from the door. If the hinge and jamb are painted cut the paint around the leaf with a utility knife swing the leaf away from the jamb.

Unscrew the screws holding the bottom hinge to the door frame using a phillips screwdriver. Haven t tried it yet but i need to repair the heavy interior garage door leading into the house. People usually try to plane off the edge. We ll walk you through the basics like how to tighten a loose hinge shim a hinge and fix a squeaky hinge.

We have hinges to thank for our doors ability to open and close. Got fed up and just took the door off the hinges until i could. That may be difficult on older painted doors. A simple method of using golf tees to fix holes that have been stripped out and are to big so the screws will not tighten up the hinge to the door or jamb.

If your door still sticks after you ve tried tightening and driving screws you ll have to remove the door and plane it. Open the door wide and insert a wedge under the bottom outside corner to level it. My hinge holes got worn out and tried the old golf tee trick and that was a joke. Spring loaded hinges are always spread out like a butterfly and mounted flat on the outer frame.

A step by step guide on how i repaired this pocket door that had come off one of its rollers. I hope this video empowers the handyman inside you to tackle th.