Replace Door Hinges Screws

Give the hole time to dry before you replace the screws and hinge.

Replace door hinges screws.

Make sure the hinge folds together the same way as the door will close. Sometimes you might end up with this. Measure 3 4 above the old single screw hole and mark a line as well as 3 4 below. Remove the screws that hold the loose hinge leaf to the door jamb.

Turn the new hinge with the head of the pin turned up. If the hinge and jamb are painted cut the paint around the leaf with a utility knife swing the leaf away from the jamb. Hinge screws with at least two 3 in. 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.

You put on the new hinges with the screws that came with them. With a screwdriver put the rest of the screws into the hinge and the holes. You unscrew the hinge screws from both the door jam and door. Screws that go through the jambs and solidly anchor into the framing.

Put the hinge in place and install the screws. Then bore out the stripped holes with a 3 8 inch diameter bit. The best way to beef them up is to replace the standard 3 4 in. Remove the hinge from the face frame and prepare the frame to receive new screws from the new hinges.

After you have done that put them in the hole that is stripped. After it has dried get a new screw that is not stripped and screw it in the hole that was repaired. If the door has a large hinge with four screw holes just drive 3 in. Some of the hinge screws tighten and some of them don t.