How To Repair A Metal Door Hinge

Use a hinge binding tool hinge doctor to repair binding hinges.

How to repair a metal door hinge. I am the father of 2 young kids henceforth known as monkey boy and disaster girl as they break stuff around the house i try to fix it. Trying to replace a rusty door hinge. Pictured above is a standard 3 0 36 wide hollow metal commercial entry door that has a sag condition caused by bent hinge mounting plates. Unlike wooden doors steel doors require a different approach to repair hinge screws that are pulled out of the door.

When the door is swung open the loose. The hinge on door side is easy to remove but i couldn t remove another half part of hinge on metal side though no any screws discoved no matter how hard i pulled. Repair a broken out door hinge photo 1. Through use the screws securing the hinge become loose.

How to repair a broken door hinge. This is how i fixed my bathroom door. How to repair stripped screw holes for a door hinge. The tool will help to tighten and re align.

The door is pulled open just past the point where the hinges bind. As you can see the top of the door is severely hitting the metal door frame. Metal door frame and wood door. This is because the screws in the hinges loosen and cause the door to fit improperly.

How to adjust a steel door. Steel entrance doors are prone to sagging or sticking after extended use. Over time the weight of a door can cause screws to pull out of their holes and make the hinges loose. Hinge pins that are not fully inserted into the hinge.

A simple method of using golf tees to fix holes that have been stripped out and are to big so the screws will not tighten up the hinge to the door or jamb. Remove all loose chips and blow off any remaining dust.