Fix Interior Door Hinge Holes

I d take the hinge to your local home improvement store.

Fix interior door hinge holes.

Open the door wide and insert a wedge under the bottom outside corner to level it. A loose butt hinge will cause a door to hang crooked and stick. Sometimes retightening the hinge screws is all it takes to fix the problem. Through use the screws securing the hinge become loose.

If i push it closed it looks like the hinges flex or move a little. Cut away ragged edges around the hole using a sharp utility knife the kind with. Fix it the right way not the wrong way. As i close the door about 1 2 inch from hitting the stop i meet resistance like the door doesn t want to shut.

But if the screws can t be tightened because the holes are stripped try this. How to tighten stripped hinge screws. If the screws in your door hinge have become loose and frequently require tightening or have been tightened so often that they no longer stay securely in place causing the door to sag most likely the wood sections the stiles that frame the inside of the door need reinforcement. Luckily most hinge issues have simple fixes.

Door stiles the wooden side frames inside the door aren t very deep which is part of the reason hinges become. Neaten the edges of the hole. The king s original stripped hole repair kit for doors more offers a simple permanent solution to fix stripped screw holes from 1 2 to 2 deep in solid wood plywood and mdf. We ll walk you through the basics like how to tighten a loose hinge shim a hinge and fix a squeaky hinge.

When the door is swung open the loose screws pull out of the threaded mounting holes. We have hinges to thank for our doors ability to open and close. Some hinges have 4 holes which would solve your problems as long as the hinge isn t taller than your current hinge which would mean that you would need to chisle out more wood above or below its current location and if you had to do that you might as well just chisle more out and reuse the orginial hinge. But over time hinges can cause major door problems and prevent the fixture from functioning properly.

Maybe the level is off or the hinge side is not perfectly plumb. I m installing all the pre hung interior doors on my house and on two of them the hinges are binding. The wrong way is a temporary fix not cool. Why do hinges bind like this and what is the fix.

How you fix the steel door hinge depends on the amount of damage to the screw threads.