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Well, news! I have moved the top hinge to properly align with the bottom one, they are now standing off from the frame by the same height, and chopped in by the same length. This has made progress! The problem shown in the video - where the lower hinge is bending and pushing the door over -...

almost certainly true, but first i'm going to try the existing hinges, fitted correctly i'm about 90% certain i haven't put them in the right places, and i will be working on that today to make sure they are properly aligned, hope to report success tonight!

nothing new has been added to those areas, but i have no idea if the hinges have been put back at the same exact spots as before i suspect they have not and this is the problem

I'm afraid i have no idea if its in a different place or not since starting, it didnt occur to me to take pictures It hits the frame only at the bottom, not the top No idea No, i took the screws out of the frame and left the hinges attached to the door while working on it And RE...

thats what i thought and i just spent a whole other thread trying to figure out why, until i went way overkill and got some ****ing massive screws that are now fixed in far deeper They do not move, they are 100% not being pulled out of their holes. The leaf attached to the frame is staying...

I've recently taken a door off the hinges for repainting. Now i have remounted it and the door will not close The hinge leaf that is connected to the doorframe isn't moving, of that i'm sure. I have thoroughly secured it with 80mm screws, and i felt that boring into wood long before they were...

nope, still not working. that lower hings id damn secure and something is still moving at this point its time to go back to the drawing board, i think i've misunderstood something about the problem, and this thread has run its course, New thread over here...

hahah overkill works Pictured here: Original screw on the right, and the completely disproportionate 80mm screw i just tried replacing it with on the left For a start, it went in halfway before i heard the distinctive sound of tunnelling into wood. That explains where the toothpicks went, the...

i guess i should clarify here, what i really meant was that i don't have any that are really comparable I do have screws that are longer and thinner, and i have some 120mm screws that are both longer and thicker and definitely overkill i think its time for overkill here tho

i am no longer looking for quick fixes, whatever needs to be done, i think its time to do it properly i'm thinking that plugs should be the next step? I will need to drill though because the holes are definitely not gonna let a plug in, too tightly packed. (and yet not tight enough to keep the...

oh my god what the **** is going on Okay so i have toothpicks (not cocktail sticks, though i doubt it matters much) I take a toothpick, i cut it in half, and that half is the exact length of my screw, great. I push one in (wide end first) as far as it will go into the hole. which is all the way...

glue now aquired at considerable gouging after a trip to the corner shop :( time to attempt this

oh i got distracted yesterday waiting all day for the wood filler to dry to see if that would help, but i cant stay away from this place for long! =)

i do, the problem is that i cant fit such things through the hinge holes i really don't want to take the door down and start over. Honestly, i am afraid of it. This door weighs 40kg, i physically do not have the strength to do this capably, i'm working alone and really struggling, it took...

and they did, in fact, give me one. the cocktail stick idea is genius and im going to attempt that next

hi all, i did end up ordering the wood filler, and using it, but i must not have gotten it deep enough, problem persists however i did also buy some cocktail sticks, so using them is the next step sadly, or thankfully, depending on your viewpoint, my other plans for the week fell through so now...

i just spent 25 minutes attempting to stuff scraps of newspaper into the hole, no discernible effect :(

hmm, thats not a bad idea, if only i had some I have until tomorrow night to get this sorted, and its just enough time to buy this and get it delivered...

I've just remounted a door that i had taken off the frame for sanding and repainting. Unfortunately, the door won't close now, it took me a bit to understand why: Two of the screws on the lower hinge aren't holding, it seems their holes have widened too much with too many remountings. When...

I'm stripping paint from doorframes to repaint them, and having some real problems getting into tiny corners and crannies. My belt sander is far too large, a detail sander is still too large. Currently the only thing i've found is using a thin chisel and carefully scraping paint out, it is a...