How To Fix A Cabinet Door That Fell Off The Hinges

The dowel then carries the thread stress and not the cabinet.

How to fix a cabinet door that fell off the hinges.

Door adjustments aren t as easy if you have traditional hinges. Various screws on the hinge can be loosened or tightened in order to change the position of the door. Self closing and soft close hinges are two types of adjustable cabinet hinges. Some hinges move the door as you turn the depth screw.

If the door sticks out too far from the cabinet or the hinge side brushes against the cabinet when you open the door adjust the depth screw. Use a hinge leaf as a template to make a cardboard shim that you can slip behind the leaf. Then glue the wood dowel in cut it off flush and once dried drill your new hole for the hardware again in the new wooden dowel. Therefore if your cabinet door is sagging not closing properly or has a large gap near the hinge the fix is as easy as grabbing a screwdriver and adjusting the correct screw s.

Then reposition the hinge leaf and bore 1 8 inch diameter pilot holes. You drill the striped screw hole out to allow a properly size wood dowel to be inserted. Others require you to tap the door in or out and then tighten the screw. Spread carpenter s glue onto a 3 8 inch diameter x 1 inch long wood dowel and tap it into the hole until it s flush with the jamb.

If the hinge leaf is recessed only at the bottom or the top insert a shim behind only part of the hinge leaf. You can also adjust a door slightly to the left or the right by bending the hinge knuckles. I went to the local hardware store and for just under 2 i got what i needed to fix the door. 3 ask a helper hold the door back.

And it will hold for a long time. Bore out and plug each of the remaining stripped screw holes the same way.