How To Fix Loose Door Hinge And Screws Are Tight

You can see in the image below the loose screw was on my door lock striker.

How to fix loose door hinge and screws are tight.

It kept backing out on its own. This happened to my back door this year and i finally decided to take an hour and fix it. So for easy fixing you have to install longer screws of the same gauge. So anyway it doesn t hold screws very well besides this hinge screws are very short.

Lucky for you it is easy to tighten loose hinges and make your doors work like new. The wrong way is a temporary fix not cool. Fix it the right way not the wrong way. I see this often on kitchen cabinet hinges and doors regular door hinges and areas that get worked or moved a lot.

Loose hinges can cause a door to stick bind or scrape the floor. If you are fixing just a few loose screw holes for something that has multiple hinges like a door you can put a wedge underneath it to support it while you unscrew the loose hinge and fix the stripped holes. Sometimes retightening the hinge screws is all it takes to fix the problem. First check that the hinge screws are tight.

Hinge screws are too short to hold very well which makes the effort of fixing loose screws less easy. A loose butt hinge will cause a door to hang crooked and stick. If all the hinges have loose screws it will be easier to just completely remove the door. But the door has a wide style in it which can definitely accept longer screws.

How to tighten stripped hinge screws. Door stiles the wooden side frames inside the door aren t very deep which is part of the reason hinges become. Open the door grasp it. But if the screws can t be tightened because the holes are stripped try this.