Replace Door Hinges Screws

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

Replace door hinges screws. Pre drill with a 3 32 drill bit to prevent splitting or breaking the head off the screw when securing the new hinge. If the door has a large hinge with four screw holes just drive 3 in. Make sure the hinge folds together the same way as the door will close. You unscrew the hinge screws from both the door jam and door.

If the hinge and jamb are painted cut the paint around the leaf with a utility knife swing the leaf away from the jamb. Remove the screws for one of the hinges on both the door and the frame. Then bore out the stripped holes with a 3 8 inch diameter bit. Remove the screws that hold the loose hinge leaf to the door jamb.

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. After you have done that put them in the hole that is stripped. The best way to beef them up is to replace the standard 3 4 in. After it has dried get a new screw that is not stripped and screw it in the hole that was repaired.

Screws straight through the two holes toward the center of the door. Measure 3 4 above the old single screw hole and mark a line as well as 3 4 below. Some of the hinge screws tighten and some of them don t. Sometimes you might end up with this.

You put on the new hinges with the screws that came with them. Screws that go through the jambs and solidly anchor into the framing. Remove the hinge from the face frame and prepare the frame to receive new screws from the new hinges. Put the hinge in place and install the screws.