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. The best way to beef them up is to replace the standard 3 4 in. Hinge screws with at least two 3 in. Remove the hinge from the face frame and prepare the frame to receive new screws from the new hinges.

Measure 3 4 above the old single screw hole and mark a line as well as 3 4 below. Pre drill with a 3 32 drill bit to prevent splitting or breaking the head off the screw when securing the new hinge. 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. Some of the hinge screws tighten and some of them don t.

If the hinge and jamb are painted cut the paint around the leaf with a utility knife swing the leaf away from the jamb. With a screwdriver put the rest of the screws into the hinge and the holes. Turn the new hinge with the head of the pin turned up. Remove the screws that hold the loose hinge leaf to the door jamb.

After it has dried get a new screw that is not stripped and screw it in the hole that was repaired. Screws that go through the jambs and solidly anchor into the framing. Remove the screws for one of the hinges on both the door and the frame. After you have done that put them in the hole that is stripped.

You unscrew the hinge screws from both the door jam and door. You put on the new hinges with the screws that came with them. Screws straight through the two holes toward the center of the door. Then bore out the stripped holes with a 3 8 inch diameter bit.