Repairing Screen Door Hinge

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.

Repairing screen door hinge.

However if the hinge has only three holes add a 3 in. See the article door hinge sizes for more information on measuring hinges. For a wooden screen you will nail the screen into place with wire brads. How you fix the steel door hinge depends on the amount of damage to the screw threads.

Inspect the door hinge and look for where it is loose or hangs off of the door or doorjamb. Screw through the middle hole and redrill the top screw hole at a slight angle so the screw hits solid wood. Replacing screen door hinges will only take a few minutes per hinge as long as you have the right ones. Drop the screws into the hinge holes and tighten the ones that still have some wood to bite into.

You can also adjust a door slightly to the left or the right by bending the hinge knuckles. A traditional screen door will have surface mounted hinges. For an aluminum screen use a spline roller to press the spline and screen into the grooves. Once your screen is secure in the frame cut off any overhang with scissors or a utility knife.

Screws straight through the two holes toward the center of the door. Unlike wooden doors steel doors require a different approach to repair hinge screws that are pulled out of the door. It doesn t take much of a blow to break hinge screws out of a particleboard door. If the screws just stripped and pulled out cleanly you could fill the hole with toothpicks and wood glue then reinstall the screws.

How to tighten stripped hinge screws. With the door closed slip an adjustable wrench over the door leaf only not the jamb leaf and bend. 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.

Another hint is to use a long screw in one of the holes in the top most hinge long enough to penetrate the stud. Apply and secure screen to spline. Replacing screen door hinges. After time the weight of the door will pull on the hinge and cause the door not to hang straight.

The wrong way is a temporary fix not cool. Fix it the right way not the wrong way. Remove the screws that hold the loose hinge leaf to the door jamb. The screw holes where the hinge or hinges are loose need to be repaired.

If the door has a large hinge with four screw holes just drive 3 in. How to fix a stuck pin if a hinge pin is stuck and will not come out when you tap it with a screwdriver first try squirting with penetrating lubricant.