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DIY & Home Improvement

Lunabell

(7,309 posts) Fri Aug 25, 2023, 07:38 AM Aug 2023

I need help with a door. [View all]

The screws in the hinges have come loose and the door is dragging on the ground. The screw holes are stripped and I need to know the best way to fill them so the screws will hold. Do I need a specific epoxy and use toothpicks like some internet sites suggested? Please help and talk to me like I'm a 5th grader so I can understand.

Thank you! 😊

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I need help with a door. [View all] Lunabell Aug 2023 OP

Is it a hollow door or a solid core door? Rorey Aug 2023 #1

hollow, I think. Lunabell Aug 2023 #4

This looks like a better method Rorey Aug 2023 #2

Looks fairly easy. I have the tools. Lunabell Aug 2023 #7

You could drill it out and glue in a piece of dowell rod. If you have faith in your skills, you ... marble falls Aug 2023 #3

I think the dowel route is the best. Lunabell Aug 2023 #8

It is the best. But I have a chisel and I'd move the hinge and probably add the third hinge ... marble falls Aug 2023 #10

Lol, just a misused door. No kids in this house. Lunabell Aug 2023 #11

You're on the right track bucolic_frolic Aug 2023 #5

Sounds like the plan. Lunabell Aug 2023 #6

Yes, JB Weld is good, and other brands might be hard to find bucolic_frolic Aug 2023 #9

a new trick I've found successful gibraltar72 Aug 2023 #12