Metal Door Hinge Screws Stripped

It features a standard size head and oversize threads.

Metal door hinge screws stripped.

How to repair stripped screw holes for a door hinge. Remove the screws that hold the loose hinge leaf to the door jamb. This allows the screw threads to embed in the enlarged stripped screw hole while the head sits flush in the hinge. Then bore out the stripped holes with a 3 8 inch diameter bit.

When the door is swung open the loose screws pull out of the threaded mounting holes. Ships from and sold by zzem screw. How you fix the steel door hinge depends on the amount of damage to the screw threads. Fix it the right way not the wrong way.

If the hinge and jamb are painted cut the paint around the leaf with a utility knife swing the leaf away from the jamb. Open the door wide and insert a wedge under the bottom outside corner to level it. The wrong way is a temporary fix not cool. One day monkey boy decided to swing with his full weight hangi.

Fringe screw is fritan technology s proprietary screw designed to fix loose door hinges caused by stripped screw holes. This is how i fixed my bathroom door. Unlike wooden doors steel doors require a different approach to repair hinge screws that are pulled out of the door.