Door hinge screw repair

[roadrunner45]

Hello,

The screws in the door hinge have pulled out of there existing holes and now will not tighten , the hinge connected to the door is okay it is where it mounts to the main door frame where the issue is.

What is the best method to fix this , ideally without taking the door off?

Thanks for your help.

 

[Duncan A]

Stuff matchsticks or cocktail sticks in the screw holes, possibly with a bit of wood glue on them. Replace the screws; they'll go in nice and tight.

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Get a countersink into the holes in the hinge and widen them, then use a screws a gauge larger. A hot melt glue gun works wonders as well, just wait til it's really hot and pump the holes full.

 

[HappyHacker]

+ 1 for match sticks or cocktail sticks. You dont have to fill the hole just make it a smaller so the screw grips. When really bad I have used slivers of wood cut from a bigger piece and hammered them in, you have to be careful you dont split the door if it is on of the modern hollow doors especially if someone has removed a lot off the hinge side when fitting.

 

[ChaiLatte]

I have always had good success with bamboo, as found in kebab skewers and chopsticks. It is a bit 'stringier' than matchwood and that can sometimes help.

 

[--Tom--]

Matchsticks and wood glue has worked for me as a temporary fix that has usually not needed revisiting for anything more thorough.
When you put the screw back in use a manual screwdriver, the problem was often caused by high torque drill drivers putting the screws in and then the threads ripping the wood once the head hits the hinge.

 

[Lons]

Match or cocktail sticks for me as well though what also works are wall plugs tapped into the screw holes and trimmed off flush.

 

[recipio]

Don't bodge it. Pull out the screws with a pliars. drill clean 10 mm holes and glue in dowels. Flush trim the dowels and use new screws when the glue is dry.

 

[TRITON]

Remove door, door frame and knock down wall.
Rebuild.
Jobs a good 'un

 

[Bingy man]

Matchsticks/ cocktail sticks and glue, leave to set overnight as this allows the matchsticks to expand slightly and r we fix hinge the following day . If it fails at any point then dowels are a good option but you need a screw with a coarse thread due to the end grain.

 

[wurglesnash357]

I've heard that stuffing the hole with cotton wool then soaking it with superglue is effective, but I've never tred it. Any opinions?

Les

 

[Doug71]

Drill a hole and put in a dowel or a decent end grain plug, mitre fix works well and saves you hanging around.

The screws are often the problem, many that come in the hinge packs are only partially threaded and not very deep threads at that. Some of the casings might only be 18mm thick and if there is 8mm not threaded on the screw that is only 10mm of thread biting in the wood (that's if some ape using an impact driver hasn't stripped it anyway). Often worth getting some screws that are threaded full length with a deeper thread and make sure you drill a pilot hole for them.

 

[MikeJhn]

I'v recently been converted to UV resin and obviously the torch, so far I have repaired a pair of glass's that had the hinge broken (expensive TV glass's) and used them on various bit of material including wood, I would be tempted to try on the door hinge screws themselves, although getting the UV to them may be a problem, previously used the match stick method successfully.

 

[Henniep]

I've heard that stuffing the hole with cotton wool then soaking it with superglue is effective, but I've never tred it. Any opinions?

it works

 

[Bingy man]

I,ve not heard of that fix but you never know , I recently repaired a frame that had suffered from screw termites and as such had developed wall plug invasion. Had to cut out part of lining top and bottom and plant in new pieces not easy but the only way to avoid a complete new lining and the usual repairs to the plasterwork..

 

[mondo]

Get same size but longer screws. Should be shims between door jamb and stud so you can go all the way through into stud.

 

[Sgian Dubh]

Get same size but longer screws. Should be shims between door jamb and stud so you can go all the way through into stud.

Only applies in timber framed construction, common in North America, but doesn't apply if the wall is brick, block, etc, pretty common in the UK. Slainte.

 

[mondo]

Only applies in timber framed construction, common in North America, but doesn't apply if the wall is brick, block, etc, pretty common in the UK. Slainte.

Apparently demonstrating my Insularity but a Tapcon type concrete anchor would work in that situation.

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Except it wouldn't fit the hinge.

 

[toolsntat]

Okay, to do it the best way remove the door.
Check casing/frame is not split.
Drill out problem screw hole as deep as you can with an 1/2" engineers 3 wing countersink bit.
Out of good quality ply with a plug cutter make 1/2" plugs and superglue (don't pre spray with glue activator) one or two into the holes as depth allows.
Trim flush and pre drill for screws.
IMHO far better and quicker than other methods
Cheers, Andy