When the door is swung open the loose screws pull out of the threaded mounting holes.
Metal door hinge screws stripped.
Then bore out the stripped holes with a 3 8 inch diameter bit.
How to repair stripped screw holes for a door hinge.
Remove the screws that hold the loose hinge leaf to the door jamb.
Fix it the right way not the wrong way.
One day monkey boy decided to swing with his full weight hangi.
Unlike wooden doors steel doors require a different approach to repair hinge screws that are pulled out of the door.
Open the door wide and insert a wedge under the bottom outside corner to level it.
Through use the screws securing the hinge become loose.
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.
How you fix the steel door hinge depends on the amount of damage to the screw threads.
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Fringe screw is fritan technology s proprietary screw designed to fix loose door hinges caused by stripped screw holes.
This is how i fixed my bathroom door.
Ships from and sold by zzem screw.
This allows the screw threads to embed in the enlarged stripped screw hole while the head sits flush in the hinge.