How To Fill In Door Hinge Holes

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.

How to fill in door hinge holes.

Fill holes with toothpicks or matches to provide added grip for screws. Use wood caulking and place it inside the holes. Unscrew the loose screws and remove the hinge from on top of the stripped holes. Squeeze a drop of carpenter s glue into each loose hole then push about 3 wooden matches or toothpicks into the hole or enough to fill it and snap the excess wood off.

Leah demonstrates how to move the hinges from one place on the door to another using a dutchman to fill the existing mortise. This video from the honest carpenter will show you how to fi. Support this channel by shop. Sand it until it sits flush with.

Attach it using your hammer and a nail or two. Before you can fit any covers over the holes you will first need to add some caulking to the wood in order to prevent the wood splitting during temperature changes. Insert a shim into the cutout. Step 1 fill in the hole.

Cut shims to match the dimensions of the hinge cutouts.