Wardrobe hinge repair

Alkers

In moving a wardrobe into the upstairs bedroom of our house, we managed to pull two of the hinges out of the side panel.

What would be the best way to repair these? The hinges are flush mounted into the doors so it wouldn't be easy to make up new openings for them and the chip board has pulled away where the screws are so not sure if I could glue them. I was thinking about adding longer screws but the outside of the wardrobe is visible so don't want it to look terrible.





Sorry for the poor images, they looked a lot clearer on my phone.

Any ideas?

jack of all

Easiest way would be to patch/fill the damaged area with a good car body filler (isopon or similar), which can be sanded and drilled when dry, should be strong as the original particle board if carefully done.

hawkeye_bmr

You could use 2 counter sunk bolts on the outer panel, then washers and nuts on the inner hinge part.

Then a few screw cover stickers to hide the bolt heads.

Not ideal as the bolt could pull through as you're lessening the thickness of the board slightly by countersinking.

The only outer option is to relocate the hinge by 100mm up or down.
I've just done this to a kitchen door, using nothing more than a dremel. Worked a treat!

colm_mcm

Drill new holes in the hinges themselves.

Alkers

Went with the isopon method which worked a treat. Didn't have a dremel or that would.have been a good option alright.

martinr5232

Simona1986 wrote:

Went with the isopon method which worked a treat. Didn't have a dremel or that would.have been a good option alright.

Tec 7 would be a better job