Fixing an old door hinge with stripped screw holes
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- I have an old door where the hinge pulled out because the screws had chewed up the old wood. I fix it by drilling out the frame and adding some filler wood plugs to give the screws something to hold on to.
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Exactly what I came here for, so I am excited. I've been living with my door crooked for years!
YOU JUST SAVED ME A TON OF WORK AND A TON OF MONEY-THANK YOU!
Thank you so very much! Even without all the woodworking equipment, I think I can do this with wooden dowels
Howd it go? Im needing to do this myself
"Not very exciting" for true craftsmen. Genius for people like me.
This is super exciting. Thanks for the info! Love that you honored the original door.
Works great if you have a woodshop and a plug cutter bit.
If you don't have a plug cutter, just buy a dowel and cut to length.
@@SalemWoodworks exactly what I was coming on here to say, lol
@@mbond0027 yes, I was remiss on leaving that thought out of the video.
Lolz
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Mate, thank you you just saved me about 3 hours of work
That’s exactly what I wanted to know, i have that exact problem thank you . You answered all my questions,fantastic!
Guy at Lowe’s told me how to fix them. You showed me how. Great video. Hope you saved that door!
Oh yeah. That door has been around since 1848. It'll last forever.
Great job, great straight to the point video, thanks!!
Good to know and in some cases I used plastic anchors in the old holes as an easier way. I appreciate your video 😉👍
I worry about the plastic anchors being too slippy. A dowel bonded to wood with wood glue is a really solid bond.
Thanks for showing me. Worked great on a gun cabinet. New Orleans here !! I used kabob sticks & glue.
THANK YOU for making this video!! I had a side door in my kitchen with this issue for about 5 years or more now. I haven't been able to open it or anything. A guy came out for an estimate to replace it, over $4,000! I found your video yesterday and today I fixed the door exactly how you showed. You are a life saver. Thank you so much!!! I wish I could give you a hug hahaha!!
Glad you found it helpful!
Go Girl good on you!
I bought new oil finish everything for all my doors. Every hinge is like yours so I was going to do the golf tee trick, but my craptacular wood around the jam is so soft a fingernail can dent it. I went to the orange big box and got 1/2" oak dowel and WAM, a new jam foundation. Now only 8 more doors to do. Thanks, you saved a lot of words my wife hates.
I don't own all (most) of the tools you used but think you have helped me with the exact same problem.
This you could do with a drill bit and a matching diameter dowel, so all you'd need is a drill and a saw or chisel. I've also seen it done on a smaller scale by just driving golf tees into the existing drill holes.
Great video, Thanks for sharing.
It was very exciting for me:) I'm about to repair my door myself, thanks to your YT.
I’ll have to buy a wooden dowel but this was a great video. Very informative and to the point. Liked & followed!
Thank you you saved my life today!
My two year old daughter and I watched this start to finished. She seemed pretty excited with it ;)
That feels like a shot at just how simple this project was. LOL. Regardless, I'm glad your daughter enjoyed it. Go Blue ;-)
@@SalemWoodworks My man, be aware that 90% of male population would't be able to pull this off (let alone female), and maybe that's an optimistic percentage. I'm starting to learn gladly!
Awesome! That was fun and informative. Now I have a bit more confidence to go and fix my mother's door. :)
I found that VERY exciting. Thank you.
Thank you so much 😊
I found some old IKEA dowels make good plugs when drilled out for 6mm and PVA glued in.
Yes, that would definitely work. I should have said in the video that if you don't have a plug cutter (as I imagine most wont) you could just cut a dowel and use a drill the same size.
So glad I read your comment…I too have some ikea dowels in my junk/utility drawer definitely gonna try…👏🏽👍🏽
Thank you exactly what I was working on
That was really cool dude. Thanks for the video
just what i needed. good job
Just what I've been looking for!
Thanks for the tip I do appreciate it 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
Glad to help
Thanks, my bathroom door bottom hinge screw holes have gone due to dressing gownes on the back of the door. This is the solution I needed :) thanks.
Glad you found it helpful.
this was very helpful thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
great skills
I just stick tooth picks in the holes & break them off. Been doing it forever & works great !
excellent instruction, no nonsense; enjoyed watching you use your very polished skills
Thanks sir
Perfect 👍👍
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Well, I thought it was very exciting!
Funny. When I made this video I thought it was a bit silly. It is now the most watched video on my channel. I guess I shouldn't assume the little things aren't interesting or useful.
Good job! Even cutting your own wooden rods....
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Great video! Can I do this where the problem is in the door, not in the frame of the door? Where do I go to get a "plug maker" big?
Yes, it should work in the door as well. You could also just buy a wood dowel and drill a hole that matches the dowel size.
They don’t make things like they used to that’s for sure. Nice repair!
We can thank selling out to China for that.
Come on Lone Wolf... let's leave the politics out of it. They don't make things like they used to because they'd be too damn expensive if we did. The (other) doors I bought at Home Depot are solid wood and made in the US... but they don't have a through tenon.
@@SalemWoodworks I disagree. I'm a professional product designer, AKA industrial designer. I design products for a living. I'm the guy that does the sketching to come up with the aesthetics and then CAD/3d models the design and then goes to the manufacturing plants in China to craft the tooling that makes the designs/products. Besides all the human rights/quality control/environment violations that I've seen with my own eyes and those factories, it's the fact that we outsourced everything that has led to a lot of inferior and dangerous products being sold. those products do not last and break quickly and therefore end up in landfills and people just go and replace them with more garbage that ends up in landfills. It's something called sustainability.
We could easily make products in America or any other country and still charge a fair price while producing a quality product. If you don't know the ins and outs of the manufacturing in China you have no idea the things they do there. I would gladly pay $50 to $100 more for certain things to know that they were properly made from sustainable resources. The goal isn't to live cheap it's to live well.
@@lonewolf3564 fair enough. Just a heavier vibe than I was going for here. I work for an engineering software company whose products are used worldwide, including in China. Like you, at least I'm blessed to have a job that I can do at home in these challenging times.
Thanks for working out your issues. The two of you ought to consider running for office instead of some of the clowns we have now.
Bro could've just bought wooden dowels. That took longer than the actual hinge repair 😂
I don’t have those kind of equipment but I got the idea thanks
Thank you. My grandmother's door looks just like that qnd both hinges came off tonight and I don't even know what happened for it to be like that. I'm gonna tell her but she's gonna be so mad. But this was very helpful
I have good success with wooden golf tees. They are hardwood. It might save you a few minutes.
Yes, I've used that approach in other situations. This one was a bit unusual because two of the three screws essentially went into the space between the trim board and the door frame (not a good design, but since it was done in 1848, I'm not sure who to complain to). Using the dowel pegs gave something more solid for the screws to hold to, with the glue holding the dowel peg to both sides of the silly joint.
If there is a big hole where the hinge slots are can the door still be fixed?
That’s what I’m trying to fix I’m thinking I’ll shove a wooden block in there with wood glue and it should work... I hope
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@@SalemWoodworks Grateful Dead I thought! Gonna go to slowed and grab some plugs...my workshop is for much smaller things!
@@paulsavas2394 you could be right... not much of a Deadhead, so I guess I didn't pick up on that.
brillient , now where do i buy plugs as i don,t have the big tools. awesome vid
A simple dowel works, cut into short sections. Not as good as face grain plugs, but a reasonable compromise.
@@SalemWoodworks thanks, i,ll take a look & see if my confidence allows me to go for it
looks so easy when you got the proper tools
True. An easy cheat that would be light on tools would be to just buy a small dowell and a drill bit to fit. All you'd need is a drill and a small saw.
Chunk of cherry....yea I wish I had that around. I am at the point where I need to make plugs and all I have lying around is redwood and cedar. I can't get myself to make plugs out if either of these...perhaps I am just being too perfectionist! Also my drilled holes in the old window hinge screw holes are a little deeper than the my plugs my plug cutter will make. Could I add some epoxy to fill the void in the bottom of the holes so that the new screws will have material to continue gripping after the new plug depth?
Even if the plugs weren't full depth, they'd probably hold fine.
free the plugs.... well there's another tool I didn't know I needed.... The Plug Cutter
Lee Valley...
You can substitute the plug cutter with a round wooden dowel and a same-sized Forstner bit or regular drill bit, FYI.
How long did you leave the wood glue to dry?
A hour is enough for it set enough to work the rest of the repair.
So... it’s a year later. Is it still holding? Also where can I buy these plugs as I don’t have a tool to make them!
Still holding fine. Should be good for the next 170 years. You could just buy a dowel and cut to length. The grain direction wouldnt' be as ideal as a face-grain plug like I cut in the video, but I'm sure it would work.
Can this process work if the door side has the stripped screw holes instead of the wall?
Yes. It would certainly work on the door side.
How long is the glue suppose to sit ??
It depends on the glue you're using, and it will be written on the bottle. In this case, I used Titebond II which sets in about an hour and is full strength in a day. The glue isn't really critical to the strength of this fix here though, so I wouldn't overthink it. Don't be too rough with the door for an hour and you should be fine with most wood glues.
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Drop the screws in Warm Vinegar for half an hour and the old paint will fall away..
Don't mind me, just here to confuse the TH-cam algorithm. Nice video!
The holes have kinda spilt so the screws don’t fit properly what should I do
If you'd like, send a picture to woodworkssalem@gmail.com and I'll share my thoughts.
where can i buy wooden plugs this long. No one seems to have them?
A reasonable compromise is to buy wooden dowel and cut it to length.
Same problem and I have the EXACT door and screws... I think I can get the wood the plugs at Home Depot. I can't make them. What do you think?
You could buy a dowel and cut sections. The grain is running the other direction that way, but it will still work. I've also seen people take an even simpler approach and drive some golf tees into the existing holes, cut those off, and then re-drill for screws.
@@SalemWoodworks Found the dowels in my tool kit! It worked perfect. Thank you! Stay Blessed and safe during this takedown.
Nooice!
Finally a video without using toothpicks
I used golf tees and contractors glue
and if you don't have a band saw and drill press with plug cutter you could buy 1/2" stock *hardwood* dowel for $2.50 at any hardware/big box store, cut to size to fill the holes?
True. I should have mentioned that. The plugs are better because the grain direction is aligned correctly. Cross grain glue joints will eventually fail, but your suggestion is a workable stopgap.
How come you don't use longer screw?
With the way my door frame and walls are constructed there, there is nothing behind for a longer screw to bite into.
Using a golf tee makes good repair.
In normal circumstances, I agree. In this case, because the screws are drilled in a bad spot (in the gap where the trim meets the door frame) adding the glued in dowel adds more strength.
Wow so easy! Let me just get my screw driv…
Ohhh 😳😨
Well …
Well I’m screwed cause I don’t hv the equipment you have to all that. I have same exact problem
Just a drill bit matching a dowel size you can buy at a home center will also work. I
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What is the NAME of Glue??
I believe I used Titebond II for that job. It's what I usually have on hand.
Can a person just use wood anchors
What kind of anchor do you have in mind? You could certainly glue in a short section of wood dowel instead of the face grain plugs I cut. Dowel are less ideal because they create a cross grain glue surface.
@@SalemWoodworks first, thank you for your video. I ended up going to the hardware store and buying some dowels . 👍🏽 thanks again. I really appreciate that. So does my wife lol
I prayed for your fingers, and thought glazed doughnut
golf tees and wood glue
A quick fix that works, yes, but I prefer a lasting repair.
@@SalemWoodworks true. if you have the resources your way is better.
i just lowered hinges lower down lol Yes i;m a rigger
3:06 I should call her
OH Yes I forgot my plug cutter out in the garage smh!
You could also cut a short piece off a dowel. Not as good as a plug due to grain direction, but it works.
My door just fell off the wall 😥 now I don't have any privacy
Did he stay 1848
I did. The original part of the house (which includes that door, I suppose) was built in 1848.
My dad knows everything of everything but he never cleans after his mess. At least you do nice videi
I mean, couldve just used toothpicks and woodglue in like 5 minutes. Couldve spent $0.60 on some new screws. But you have an attached woodshop you need to justify.
Didn't take much more than 5 minutes, and the fix will last generations. Toothpicks wouldn't work here. They would just split the trim away from the door frame.
They don't make doors like they did in 1800s
I aspire to... but I'm still learning. th-cam.com/video/LCvCABRyQHE/w-d-xo.html
sorry you lost me at plug cutter, I doubt that many of the 118000 viewers have on of those.
Fair enough. I should have mentioned that a reasonable plan B is to buy a dowel and cut a short piece.
for the love of christ and jesus strip the paint from those hinges, oil them and put new stronger screws in if not original. It will last longer and look better
The house was built in 1848. If I start found that path, it never ends.
@@SalemWoodworks same here but I am doing it. Looks so so much better
Nope. This is the 10th video (so far) how to fix the hinge on the door FRAME side. Everyone knows this fix because the frame is a solid piece of wood. Why not show the difficult fix on the actual DOOR side where the door is hollow inside? I've used those plastic drywall screw insets to varying, sometimes lasting, sometimes temporary success but I would like to know a more professional, longer lasting fix for HOLLOW door holes that have no backing to put dowels or toothpicks into. Not solid door frames. That's easy. Please. Where are the real fix-it men?
You lost me. Even hollow doors have a solid wood edge where the screws mount. The door in this video is 160 years old, so is obviously solid wood.
now do some decorating
Kind of a jerk comment, but okay...
go buy wooden dowel for 80 cents brainwave
Providing you have a fully equipped workshop with sophisticated tools ……great! Otherwise useless
Do you have a drill? Admittedly most don't have a plug cutter and a drill press, so buy a dowel and cut a short section as an alternative to the plug. Not that sophisticated...