I have a metal exterior front door.

Over the years, the screws have loosened, I purchased foam insulation in a can, but am afraid the foam will be to ridged to allow the new screw to penetrate ? Suggestions ?

  10 answers
  • V Smith V Smith on Feb 14, 2018

    You can repair the screw holes by removing the screws and then hammering a wooden golf tee into the hole. Redrill the holes and replace the screws.

  • Daniel D Brewer Daniel D Brewer on Feb 14, 2018

    Get some gorilla glue. Not the yellow but the polly urethane type. remove the screwes tat are loose one at a time. Tape off the area around the screw , wet the area with a damp paper towel , sqiirt some of the glue in the hole and put a ;little on the screw. pUT THE SCREW BACK IN AND REPEATE UNTILL UOU HAVE TREATED ALL OF THE SCREWS. tHE GLUE EXPANDS IN THE PRESENTS OF MOISTURE. nOW SCRAPE OFF ALL OF THE GLUE THAT HAS DRIED WHERE YOU DONT WANT IT. . tHE SCREWS WILL STAY IN PLACE.


  • Sassy Sassy on Feb 14, 2018

    I have actually used the expandable Gorilla Glue to fill in the hole, immediately screw in the screw, and not open the door for 24 hours while it cured. If you can, leaning something against the door to act like a vice would probably help - I could not do this as it was an inside door and just leaving the door shut worked great. It has been over a year of 100+ to 10 degree weather with no loosening of the screws.

  • Ronda Ronda on Feb 14, 2018

    Fill the holes with glue and let dry, then screw the new screws in.


  • Bar24824656 Bar24824656 on Feb 14, 2018

    Remove the screws, pack the holes solid with wood slivers,trim to finish and re-install the hinges and screws.

  • V Smith V Smith on Feb 14, 2018

    there is a PS to the golf tee fix. When you drive the tee into the hole, you cut off anything left outside/above the hole. I would not want you to think that you must drive the entire length of the tee into the hole.

  • Joy30150932 Joy30150932 on Feb 14, 2018

    IF YOU TAKE WOODEN TOOTHPICKS AND INSERT INTO THE HOLES AND THEN REPLACE THE SCREWS, THIS SHOULD WORK.

  • Kmdreamer Kmdreamer on Jul 07, 2021

    Get fatter screws to put into the holes that will hold better a little fatter then what was there

  • Lynn Martin Crawley Lynn Martin Crawley on Jul 07, 2021

    What we finally did was got longer, fatter screws that had the screw part all the way to the screw head

  • Lynn Martin Crawley Lynn Martin Crawley on Jul 07, 2021

    Thanks to everyone that posted an answer!