Tighten Door Hinge Screws

Loose hinges can cause a door to stick bind or scrape the floor.

Tighten door hinge screws.

The screw at the bottom of the hinge is usually to adjust the compression with a tolerance of 2mm. You can adjust most cabinet door hinges quite easily using the screws inside the door. To use this technique remove a screw near the middle of the hinge rather than the top or bottom screw. Snug them firmly with a screwdriver rather than a drill to avoid stripping the screw holes.

How to tighten stripped hinge screws. Open the door wide and insert a wedge under the bottom outside corner to level it. Screw a 3 inch 7 6 cm screw into the top door hinge. Open the door grasp it.

Replace the screw closest to the doorstop. 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. The screw at the top of the hinge is usually to adjust the height of the door with a tolerance of 4 5mm. If the hinge and jamb are painted cut the paint around the leaf with a utility knife swing the leaf away from the jamb.

When adjusting hinges i often have to adjust the location of screw holes. Extra long fringe screws can be used to repair loose and stripped door hinge screws or to reinforce your doors before the hinge screws strip and cause problems. Most hinge problems can be solved with nothing more than a screwdriver. Screwing in a longer screw will help pull the door back toward the jamb.

Remove the screws that hold the loose hinge leaf to the door jamb. Using a phillips screwdriver you can tighten or loosen the screws moving the cabinet up and down side to side or in and out. The screw at the side is to adjust the door laterally with a tolerance of 5mm. The wrong way is a temporary fix not cool.

After i get the door swinging properly i adjust the hinges so that there is a consistent gap between the door and the jamb. Fix it the right way not the wrong way. Then try closing the door. The standard size head sits flush in the hinge and looks identical to the original.

Rather than struggle with a hole in the wrong spot i simply tap in a plug and drill the hole where i want it. Tighten the screw all the way until the hinge is secure against 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. The wider threads will tighten in enlarged stripped screw holes.

To adjust the screws. Lucky for you it is easy to tighten loose hinges and make your doors work like new. Adjusting the doors ensures that they hang correctly and match up evenly with other cabinet doors.