4 Simple Repairs for Prehung Interior Doors
$10
30 Minutes
Easy
We've all experienced a door rubbing the floor or scraping the frame.
Annoying to say the least, right!
Here are 4 simple fixes you can do over the weekend (and between soccer or softball games for the kids!!!!).
Fix #1 - Tighten all the hinge screws. Yes, believe it or not using the door jiggles screws loose. This is way too easy but effective.
Fix #2 - Replace all the small screws (3/4 inch hinge screws should be banned) with two inch wood or deck screws that will ensure your hinges never come loose again.
Fix #3 - Add golf tees to enlarged screw holes. Employ this technique when your screws spin without gripping the wood in the door or frame. If you have a hollow core door this may not work if it's been trimmed down excessively but still give it a shot.
Fix Place cardboard shims behind hinges. Where do you get the cardboard? Shoe boxes, they work great.
For more detailed explanations, solutions guide, and goofy video with me looking like a crazy man you can check out my blog post at http://www.homerepairtutor.com/4-simple-ways-to-repair-prehung-interior-doors/
P.S. This could be my last post on Hometalk. I'm running the Pittsburgh Marathon relay and although my distance is only 6.1 miles there's a 50/50 shot I might need CPR. So if there's no post next week you know the race was a disaster-LOL.
Annoying to say the least, right!
Here are 4 simple fixes you can do over the weekend (and between soccer or softball games for the kids!!!!).
Fix #1 - Tighten all the hinge screws. Yes, believe it or not using the door jiggles screws loose. This is way too easy but effective.
Fix #2 - Replace all the small screws (3/4 inch hinge screws should be banned) with two inch wood or deck screws that will ensure your hinges never come loose again.
Fix #3 - Add golf tees to enlarged screw holes. Employ this technique when your screws spin without gripping the wood in the door or frame. If you have a hollow core door this may not work if it's been trimmed down excessively but still give it a shot.
Fix Place cardboard shims behind hinges. Where do you get the cardboard? Shoe boxes, they work great.
For more detailed explanations, solutions guide, and goofy video with me looking like a crazy man you can check out my blog post at http://www.homerepairtutor.com/4-simple-ways-to-repair-prehung-interior-doors/
P.S. This could be my last post on Hometalk. I'm running the Pittsburgh Marathon relay and although my distance is only 6.1 miles there's a 50/50 shot I might need CPR. So if there's no post next week you know the race was a disaster-LOL.
4 Simple Ways to Repair Prehung Interior Doors
Fix #1 is to tighten existing screws
Fix #2 is to use longer & wider screws
Fix #3 is to add golf tees to enlarged screw holes
Fix #4 is to add cardboard shims behind hinges
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These are great and simple ideas, thank you! Can you do the same to storm doors? Just recently ours has become really hard to close, you have to slam it, hard. I saw some screws were loose at the, what do you call it? shock absorber? And I had my husband tighten them but that hasn't helped. I personally think it is the weather change. We live in Texas and this has been one of the coldest years for about 3, maybe 4 years now.
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