Fix Door Hinge Screws Stripped

To remove the loose wood screw drill out the stripped hole and glue in a dowel the same diameter as your drill bit.

Fix door hinge screws stripped. To relocate the hinge remove the screws from the hinge and slide it up or down a few inches. Thank you for the pictures. If the hinge and jamb are painted cut the paint around the leaf with a utility knife swing the leaf away from the jamb. 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.

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. First drill a 1 8 in. Then you ll need to fix the stripped area. 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.

Take your screwdriver and remove the others screws that hold the hinge onto the door. 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. Remove the screws that hold the loose hinge leaf to the door jamb. Then bore out the stripped holes.

Fix it the right way not the wrong way. This will wedge into the head of the screw and pull it. Step 3 remove the stripped screw. Deep hole in the center of the screw head to accept the largest screw extractor that will fit the screw head.

My last ditch effort is to try this fix with the dowels. Open the door wide and insert a wedge under the bottom outside corner to level it. 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. This last time it even pulled out the screws from the bottom hinge at the frame.

The wrong way is a temporary fix not cool. You can then drive the screw into the dowel to secure it. 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. How to tighten stripped hinge screws.

For 12 or larger screws where the stripped screw head rests flush with the wood and you don t want to risk damage to your project turn to a screw extractor for help.