Patching Door Hinge

Take a plain piece of wood the width of your door and cut it down until it fits into the shape left by your former door hinge.

Patching door hinge.

If you ve recently removed a door from its frame to replace it with another door that will use hinges in different locations or that will hang on the other side of the frame or if you don t plan to fill the space with another door you ll need to fill in the cutouts you made in the door frame when you first installed the hinges. Hinge slots or mortises are unsightly gaps left behind when doors are removed from doorways. Apply petroleum jelly to the movable portions of the hinge to protect them from the glue. This video from the honest carpenter will show you how to fi.

Cover the gaps left in the frame or door. How to repair a broken door hinge fix screw holes. Once the wood is the right size glue the inward facing side and then press it into place. This may include covering over any wood stains left by the hinge.

Inspect the door hinge and look for where it is loose or hangs off of the door or doorjamb. Hold until the glue starts to dry. Inspect the hinge to see if it is missing the pin which is the long metal rod that holds the two halves of. How to repair a door jamb after removing the door use the putty knife to apply spackle to each cut out area.

Allow to dry according to the directions on the spackle for me it was about 2 hours.