Repair Damaged Door Frame Hinge

2 nail pine 1x4 guide blocks to the doorjamb around the damaged area.

Repair damaged door frame hinge.

To repair a split door frame remove the door strip and molding starting at the bottom of the frame and working your way up. Use a hinge binding tool hinge doctor to repair binding hinges. Then measure 6 inches above and below the frame damage and carefully cut the damaged frame away at the marked measurements. The hinge mortise is a shallow recess the hinge fits into on the side of the door.

Dewalt 20v oscillating multitool my new one. After time the weight of the door will pull on the hinge and cause the door not to hang straight. 3 adjust the router s depth of cut to equal the thickness of the poplar patch. 6 screw the hinges back onto the door using screws that are at least 1 2 inch longer than the original screws.

In this video this old house general contractor tom silva explains how to repair a damaged doorjamb. To relocate the hinge remove the screws from the hinge and slide it up or down a few inches. The door is pulled open just past the point where the hinges bind. Another hint is to use a long screw in one of the holes in the top most hinge long enough to penetrate the stud.

The screw holes where the hinge or hinges are loose need to be repaired. 1 remove any nails or screws from the damaged area. Many problems with frames and doors can be fixed by adjusting the hardware. These tools slip over the hinges when the door is closed.

Try tightening the hinges which can loosen up over time causing the door to sag. To learn how to use a shim to repair a loose wood screw hole for a hinge keep reading. How you fix the steel door hinge depends on the amount of damage to the screw threads. You may need to re chisel a pock in the frame so the hinge sits flush.

Inspect the door hinge and look for where it is loose or hangs off of the door or doorjamb. Through use the screws securing the hinge become loose. When the door is swung open the loose screws pull out of the threaded mounting holes. If you have a centering hinge drill use the hinge as a template and the finish repair will be better than new and last for years.

Then you can drive the screws into the screw holes on the hinge to secure it.