SOLVED: Cabinet door hinge

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Jul 14th, 2021 9:30 pm

hierophant [OP]: Deal Fanatic; Feb 4, 2010; 6906 posts; 6686 upvotes

Jul 14th, 2021 9:30 pm

SOLVED: Cabinet door hinge

What's the best way to fix this? Is using wood filler to cover up the holes and once dry rescrew it back in sufficient?

I'm also finding the screws don't go all the way in - seems to get stuck in the middle. This is happening with bottom and top hinges ( I unscrewed the top one to see how to fix a bottom one and now the top one doesn't go in either)

EDIT: problem is fixed - thanks to all who responded.

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Jul 14th, 2021 10:59 pm

BDSL: Deal Addict; Sep 22, 2009; 3272 posts; 2152 upvotes; Markham

Jul 14th, 2021 10:59 pm

Combination of toothpicks and wood filler....

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Jul 14th, 2021 11:08 pm

61three: Jr. Member; Dec 20, 2014; 121 posts; 157 upvotes; Wpg

Jul 14th, 2021 11:08 pm

Also, piece of metal plate screwed into non-bubbly wood, then screw the hinge to it would work.

Jul 14th, 2021 11:14 pm

hierophant [OP]: Deal Fanatic; Feb 4, 2010; 6906 posts; 6686 upvotes

Jul 14th, 2021 11:14 pm

61three wrote: ↑ Also, piece of metal plate screwed into non-bubbly wood, then screw the hinge to it would work.

Would you mind linking to the item you're suggesting please? I can't picture what you're referring to.

Jul 14th, 2021 11:23 pm

61three: Jr. Member; Dec 20, 2014; 121 posts; 157 upvotes; Wpg

Jul 14th, 2021 11:23 pm

hierophant wrote: ↑ Would you mind linking to the item you're suggesting please? I can't picture what you're referring to.

Any piece of metal plate could do, if you got some laying around. If you wanna go rogue, something like this could work too https://www.homedepot.ca/product/simpso ... 1000170509

Not pretty, but you also can't see it once you close the door.

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Jul 16th, 2021 8:05 am

hierophant [OP]: Deal Fanatic; Feb 4, 2010; 6906 posts; 6686 upvotes

Jul 16th, 2021 8:05 am

61three wrote: ↑ Any piece of metal plate could do, if you got some laying around. If you wanna go rogue, something like this could work too https://www.homedepot.ca/product/simpso ... 1000170509

Not pretty, but you also can't see it once you close the door.

From my own understanding, why do you recommend a metal plate? What will that do or what is the advantage?

Jul 16th, 2021 8:49 am

Bobberts: Sr. Member; May 12, 2014; 979 posts; 795 upvotes; Markham, ON

Jul 16th, 2021 8:49 am

hierophant wrote: ↑ From my own understanding, why do you recommend a metal plate? What will that do or what is the advantage?

Advantage is that the door hinge will be holding on to the plate which is stronger than particle board. The plate will be holding on to the cabinet and spread the load by using four screws for the plate to the cabinet in the corners.

I've fixed these problems with toothpick and glue in the past and they seem to hold. A couple of my glue fixes has been holding for over a year.

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Jul 16th, 2021 10:02 am

GoodFellaz: Deal Fanatic; Jun 24, 2015; 7847 posts; 2619 upvotes; 0 downvotes

Jul 16th, 2021 10:02 am

anyone got a pic of the metal plate? does it sit on the back of the cabinet door and you screw the hinge into it?

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Jul 16th, 2021 11:43 am

tomtomtom: Deal Fanatic; Mar 8, 2005; 6088 posts; 1373 upvotes

Jul 16th, 2021 11:43 am

pick another spot and drill a cabinet hinge hole

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Jul 16th, 2021 11:54 am

gr8dlr: Deal Expert; Sep 1, 2005; 19427 posts; 14401 upvotes; Markham

Jul 16th, 2021 11:54 am

Looks like there was some water leakage back there as the screws look rusted out. Is the water issue fixed?
Re. screw not going in...what's on the other side of this cabinet?

If you got no wood filler, sawdust mixed with wood glue, or you just try just jamming a bunch of toothpicks in there with some glue.

What you do depends on how well you want it to hold.

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Jul 16th, 2021 1:37 pm

hierophant [OP]: Deal Fanatic; Feb 4, 2010; 6906 posts; 6686 upvotes

Jul 16th, 2021 1:37 pm

Thanks everyone, much appreciated. So this ended up getting a bit more complicated than expected. The screw heads were stripped but I managed to get them out but Home Depot told didn't have the replacement screws and told me that they would be difficult to find and that getting new hinges would be better. I checked with Bolts & Nuts and fortunately they had the same size and gave them me 4 for free but they needed an allen key size that I didn't have so I had to go out and buy that.

Anyways, I got hinges back on with a metal plate but the cabinet doesn't close all the way - it sits a bit ajar. Is the only reason why that would happen is because it's not aligned with the top hinge ? They do appear aligned but could be slightly off - TBH I can't be sure if the cabinet door even closed all the way before all this.

One of the previous owners and the builders did everything half-assed in the house - this is no exception. I'm guessing the mis-alignment is what caused it to become unhinged in the first place?

Jul 16th, 2021 9:51 pm

lamin: Deal Addict; Jan 21, 2011; 1287 posts; 685 upvotes; GTA

Jul 16th, 2021 9:51 pm

Where is the moisture coming from?

Jul 17th, 2021 10:37 am

gr8dlr: Deal Expert; Sep 1, 2005; 19427 posts; 14401 upvotes; Markham

Jul 17th, 2021 10:37 am

hierophant wrote: ↑ Thanks everyone, much appreciated. So this ended up getting a bit more complicated than expected. The screw heads were stripped but I managed to get them out but Home Depot told didn't have the replacement screws and told me that they would be difficult to find and that getting new hinges would be better. I checked with Bolts & Nuts and fortunately they had the same size and gave them me 4 for free but they needed an allen key size that I didn't have so I had to go out and buy that.

Anyways, I got hinges back on with a metal plate but the cabinet doesn't close all the way - it sits a bit ajar. Is the only reason why that would happen is because it's not aligned with the top hinge ? They do appear aligned but could be slightly off - TBH I can't be sure if the cabinet door even closed all the way before all this.

One of the previous owners and the builders did everything half-assed in the house - this is no exception. I'm guessing the mis-alignment is what caused it to become unhinged in the first place?

Those European hinges have multiway adjustment screws...not sure what you mean by ajar by see if adjusting some of those screws fixes your problem somewhat.

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