How To Fix A Wooden Door Hinge

The wrong way is a temporary fix not cool.

How to fix a wooden door hinge.

Oak being an open grain wood and a hard wood tends to hold threads better. Measure and mark 1 in 2 5 cm long sections along an entire piece of dowel. Cracks on doors are everyday problems. Saw a 3 8 in 0 95 cm diameter wooden dowel into 1 in 2 5 cm long pieces.

How to tighten stripped hinge screws. Fix it the right way not the wrong way. Sometimes retightening the hinge screws is all it takes to fix the problem. I use oak dowels apposed to pine.

You will need a 1 in 2 5 cm long piece of dowel for each loose hole you need to fix. A loose butt hinge will cause a door to hang crooked and stick. Use a hand saw or any type of power saw you have available to cut the pieces. But if the screws can t be tightened because the holes are stripped try this.

In particular the side where the hinges fasten onto the door tends to crack or split in certain situations. This method puts the top of the dowel flush with the surface of the hinge mortise.