How To Fix A Wooden Door Hinge

Oak being an open grain wood and a hard wood tends to hold threads better.

How to fix a wooden door hinge.

Use a hand saw or any type of power saw you have available to cut the pieces. In particular the side where the hinges fasten onto the door tends to crack or split in certain situations. The wrong way is a temporary fix not cool. Cracks on doors are everyday problems.

Fix it the right way not the wrong way. You will need a 1 in 2 5 cm long piece of dowel for each loose hole you need to fix. Open the door wide and insert a wedge under the bottom outside corner to level it. Measure and mark 1 in 2 5 cm long sections along an entire piece of dowel.

A loose butt hinge will cause a door to hang crooked and stick. This method puts the top of the dowel flush with the surface of the hinge mortise. But if the screws can t be tightened because the holes are stripped try this. Saw a 3 8 in 0 95 cm diameter wooden dowel into 1 in 2 5 cm long pieces.

How to tighten stripped hinge screws. Sometimes retightening the hinge screws is all it takes to fix the problem.