How To Fix Loose Door Hinge And Screws Are Tight

How to tighten stripped hinge screws.

How to fix loose door hinge and screws are tight.

Lucky for you it is easy to tighten loose hinges and make your doors work like new. First check that the hinge screws are tight. If you are fixing just a few loose screw holes for something that has multiple hinges like a door you can put a wedge underneath it to support it while you unscrew the loose hinge and fix the stripped holes. It kept backing out on its own.

So for easy fixing you have to install longer screws of the same gauge. The wrong way is a temporary fix not cool. Fix it the right way not the wrong way. But if the screws can t be tightened because the holes are stripped try this.

A loose butt hinge will cause a door to hang crooked and stick. Open the door wide and insert a wedge under the bottom outside corner to level it. Door stiles the wooden side frames inside the door aren t very deep which is part of the reason hinges become. I see this often on kitchen cabinet hinges and doors regular door hinges and areas that get worked or moved a lot.

This happened to my back door this year and i finally decided to take an hour and fix it. Open the door grasp it. 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. Most hinge problems can be solved with nothing more than a screwdriver.

But the door has a wide style in it which can definitely accept longer screws. You can see in the image below the loose screw was on my door lock striker. So anyway it doesn t hold screws very well besides this hinge screws are very short. Loose hinges can cause a door to stick bind or scrape the floor.