Filling Door Hinge Holes

How to fill holes left when a door strike was moved.

Filling door hinge holes.

Swing the leaf away from the jamb. How to fill hinge holes february 9 2015 by ashley mayes 19 comments i mentioned at the beginning of the year that i wanted to get back to the gritty house diy tutorials and i think today s tutorial for how to fill hinge holes definitely fits. If you re not sure about the color of fil stik to use we would recommend getting 2 or more color options to test. Test fil stik on inside of cabinet door.

You ll get squeeze out and want to so have a drop cloth. Leah demonstrates how to move the hinges from one place on the door to another using a dutchman to fill the existing mortise. The remaining section not covered by the new smaller hinges. Wait at least an hour.

Bore out and plug each of the remaining stripped screw holes the same way. For every doorknob or deadbolt lock installed in your home a hole was drilled in the door jamb and covered with a perforated strike plate. I was thinking of filling the hole with filler then screwing the hinge in place but i didn t know if this would work and if the hinge would stick to the filler. Then bore out the stripped holes with a 3 8 inch diameter bit.

Support this channel by shop. 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. Take a piece of scrap put packing tape on it put a good pile of bondo on it and press it against the hinge mortise. Spread carpenter s glue onto a 3 8 inch diameter x 1 inch long wood dowel and tap it into the hole until it s flush with the jamb.

If you want to cover over these holes then you can do so quickly with a few simple household tools. So could someone give me some advice on the best way to get the hinge to sit flush and the best way to fill the hole. It will fill into the screw holes becomes rock hard easy to sand takes paint very well. Step 1 fill in the hole.