How do you fix the door hinges?

Answer 1

you can use either "bondo" or "Minwax Wood Filler" to patch the wood.Dont mix more that you can use in 5-10 min.. Use a good stiff putty knife,let set ,sand, then prime and paint.This will hold up in Minnesota winters/summers(not to mention bondo is used on cars and boats). Hope this will work for you.

This is a patch job that will probably look nice if done correctly. This will work, however the problem of a weak door frame still remains. A kick or shove on the door will break the door frame again. You need to strengthen the door frame with a door frame reinforcement product. There are several out there but I've used StrikeMaster II on my home. 20 minute installation.

Depending on the size of the ripped holes if they are not too bad you might be able to just use thicker screws to place into the mounting brace of the reteractor. --- If that won't work

FIRST---Draw a a line approximately 2 inches above and 2 inches below the retractors mount brace-- you don't need a measureing tape for this you can do this by eyeball and mark 2 inches above and 2 inches below the mounting brace of the retractor. Measure the height from the threshold to the center within this 4 inch gap because you don't want to place any screws or nails in this area that will block your retractor mounting screws from entering-- mark your upper and lower line marks outside the door frame on the wall-- now you will have a marker that tells you where you do not want any screws or nails as you replace your fresh piece of wood.

I would unscrew the entire screen door frame- set it aside and using a Fein Saw -- I would measure 12 inches past the gouged hole towsard the top of the door frame & 12 inches past the hole toward the bottom of the door frame and I would cut out that 24 inch piece of wood and replace it with a piece of fresh wood.-- Once I have replaced the piece of wood I can replace the door frame and the door and the retractor and there would be no wasted time with fillers and weak area possibillities. If I have the Fein saw handy this job would take me about 1 hour to complete and even less if I just use oversized screws in the retractor mounting bracket that goes attached to the door jamb.

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You should also be sure that you install a chain to prevent this from happening again.

Answer 2

If you can get the wood back into it's original position you use Gorilla glue in the broken joints and clamp the broken joints together for 8 hours.(follow the GG instructions) Later remove the excess glue and sand the joints. Fill any remaining cracks or holes with a wood filler. Next day sand them. When you are satisfied the wood is restored -prime paint or restain.

Answer 3

To fix a door that has dropped, first check all hinges. Replace screws of those hinges that are sagging and add shims between the hinge and doorjamb.