Replace Door Hinges Screws

If the door has a large hinge with four screw holes just drive 3 in.

Replace door hinges screws.

Give the hole time to dry before you replace the screws and hinge. After it has dried get a new screw that is not stripped and screw it in the hole that was repaired. Some of the hinge screws tighten and some of them don t. With a screwdriver put the rest of the screws into the hinge and the holes.

Make sure the hinge folds together the same way as the door will close. Screws straight through the two holes toward the center of the door. After you have done that put them in the hole that is stripped. You test out the new hinges everyone is happy well it s usually not that easy especially when it comes to a door that has been removed from the door jam and hinges multiple times.

Turn the new hinge with the head of the pin turned up. Remove the hinge from the face frame and prepare the frame to receive new screws from the new hinges. If the hinge and jamb are painted cut the paint around the leaf with a utility knife swing the leaf away from the jamb. Sometimes you might end up with this.

Hinge screws with at least two 3 in. Then bore out the stripped holes with a 3 8 inch diameter bit. Measure 3 4 above the old single screw hole and mark a line as well as 3 4 below. Screws that go through the jambs and solidly anchor into the framing.

You unscrew the hinge screws from both the door jam and door. Remove the screws for one of the hinges on both the door and the frame. Remove the screws that hold the loose hinge leaf to the door jamb. Put the hinge in place and install the screws.