Wooden Door Hinge Repair

Remove the loose screws.

Wooden door hinge repair.

Tap the tee into the hinge screw hole with a hammer. Reinstall the hinge and screws in the holes. Score the tee with a utility knife flush with the mortise. Repair broken door hinges that hang loosely off the door by replacing the hinge pin or filling the stripped screw holes and reattaching the hinges to the door.

Another hint is to use a long screw in one of the holes in the top most hinge long enough to penetrate the stud. Break the tee off even with the bottom of the mortise. Allow the glue to dry. If you have a centering hinge drill use the hinge as a template and the finish repair will be better than new and last for years.

Replace hinges that are totally. 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. To repair a loose door hinge. Drop the screws into the hinge holes and tighten the ones that still have some wood to bite into.

If the screws just stripped and pulled out cleanly you could fill the hole with toothpicks and wood glue then reinstall the screws. It doesn t take much of a blow to break hinge screws out of a particleboard door.