One of the more common items to find on someone's "honey do" list is needing to repair some doors around the home. After all, it's actually pretty common to find your doors just a little off kilter, or not sitting just right. Usually this is do to the door hinge being just a tad loose. Tightening a door hinge is something that anyone can do, and is something that everyone should do to avoid more costly and time consuming repairs later on. Here are a few simple ways that you can go about tightening the door hinges in your home.
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2014-05-20 23:07:45
K hanley
I've used wooden matches (remove burnable tip first) or toothpicks. Use glue and start filling hole with either of the above, I cram the whole tight by using a hammer at the end to get the last few to fit tight. Then put in the screw.
(no need to remove hing from door frame)
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