How To Fix Stripped Screws In Door Hinge

On my cabinets the door actually fell off because a chunk of particle board fell off.

How to fix stripped screws in door hinge.

Then you ll need to fix the stripped area. If the screw of the hinge is the part that is stripped you will need to get a stripped screw remover from a hardware store. Step 3 remove the stripped screw. To relocate the hinge remove the screws from the hinge and slide it up or down a few inches.

Then bore out the stripped holes. How to fix a stripped screw hole. Thank you for the pictures. Remove the screws that hold the loose hinge leaf to the door jamb.

Maybe the kids swung on a gate and pulled the hinge screws out or a cupboard door was swung too wide and the screws pulled right out. I have a very heavy 1930 s bathroom door that i have tried all the tricks to fix and it keeps pulling the screws out of the top hinge. My last ditch effort is to try this fix with the dowels. Easy fixes may also be ineffective in situations where a heavy door has caused hinge screws to strip out the wood on the edge of the door or the door frame.

Open the door wide and insert a wedge under the bottom outside corner to level it. To remove the loose wood screw drill out the stripped hole and glue in a dowel the same diameter as your drill bit. Fix it the right way not the wrong way. Take your screwdriver and remove the others screws that hold the hinge onto the door.

I will repair that in a separate instructable once the door hinge is out of the way carefully drill out the hole where the screw used to be. In these situations the best repair method is to drill out the screw hole with a 1 2 inch bit then fill the enlarged hole with a glued 1 2 inch hardwood plug or solid hardwood dowel. Then glue and cut the dowel so it s flush with the edge of the door or hinge. This last time it even pulled out the screws from the bottom hinge at the frame.

You can then drive the screw into the dowel to secure it. This will wedge into the head of the screw and pull it. The wrong way is a temporary fix not cool. We ve all had the problem of a screw getting pulled right out of a hole and stripping out the wood that should be holding it.