How To Fix Loose Hinge On Door

Most hinge problems can be solved with nothing more than a screwdriver.

How to fix loose hinge on door.

Loose hinges can cause a door to stick bind or scrape the floor. Remove the loose screws. Allow the glue to dry. But if the screws can t be tightened because the holes are stripped try this.

Fix it the right way not the wrong way. Coat a wooden golf tee with glue. It kept backing out on its own. Break the tee off even with the bottom of the mortise.

How to tighten stripped hinge screws. Open the door grasp it. First check that the hinge screws are tight. A loose butt hinge will cause a door to hang crooked and stick.

If you have a loose hinge and you can t tighten it because the screws just spin in place the screw holes are probably stripped. The wrong way is a temporary fix not cool. Tap the tee into the hinge screw hole with a hammer. If the loose holes are in a solid piece of wood like a door frame drill them out and fill them with wooden dowels to create a new surface for the screws to go into.

Sometimes retightening the hinge screws is all it takes to fix the problem. Luckily most hinge issues have simple fixes. You can see in the image below the loose screw was on my door lock striker. This happened to my back door this year and i finally decided to take an hour and fix it.

Score the tee with a utility knife flush with the mortise. Lucky for you it is easy to tighten loose hinges and make your doors work like new. Open the door wide and insert a wedge under the bottom outside corner to level it. We have hinges to thank for our doors ability to open and close.

To repair a loose door hinge. I see this often on kitchen cabinet hinges and doors regular door hinges and areas that get worked or moved a lot.