How To Fix Loose Top Door Hinge

If the hinge pin falls out.

How to fix loose top door hinge.

But if the screws can t be tightened because the holes are stripped try this. Dip the bare end of a wooden match in some carpenter s glue and tap it with a hammer as far into the screw hole as it. After you ve filled the void in the screw hole with the. How to tighten a loose hinge step 1.

Sometimes retightening the hinge screws is all it takes to fix the problem. Tap the hinge pin back into the door with a hammer at the top of the pin barrel. Break or cut off the match es flush with the hinge plate and discard the heads. Ask a helper to hold up the door and align the pin barrel on both halves of the hinge.

Remove the loose screw. A quick fix for this problem is to fill in the door jamb s so the screw will remain secure. How to tighten stripped hinge screws. Remove the screws that hold the loose hinge leaf to the door jamb.

Fix it the right way not the wrong way. Open the door wide and insert a wedge under the bottom outside corner to level it. Tap wood image zoom if that does not solve the problem trim pieces of shim or other small wood pieces to fit.