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Hopefully simple DIY fix for problem with cupboard door.

  • 01-07-2017 1:43pm
    #1
    osarusan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,760 ✭✭✭✭


    Hi all,

    Hoping the forum can help me out with what I think is a small problem.

    My son accidentally sat on a cupboard door and loosened/damaged the cupboard wall into which the top hinge fits. See this pic please.

    The bottom hinge and holes drilled look unaffected and still seem fine, but the top hinge (in particular the bottom hole) is loose and the door sags as a result.

    I've tried putting in bigger wall plugs, but as the whole unit is made of that particleboard style stuff, when I try to screw it in, the wall/board itself just gives way under the pressure, and the hole just gets bigger.

    It's a rented home so I'm wary of doing anything that is 'noticeable' in the long term, but am looking for ways to fix what I originally thought was a very simple problem.

    I thought about just moving the hinge itself up or down a centimetre or so and solving it that way, but the hinge is not simply screwed onto the door, but is setinto a space on the cupboard door, so I can't do that.

    Thanks in advance.


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  • #2
    Calahonda52
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,028 ✭✭✭✭Calahonda52


    others have more experience here but you could try fill it with epoxy resin and let it go hard and then re screw
    The other option is a small bolt

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  • #3
    osarusan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,760 ✭✭✭✭osarusan


    Calahonda52 wrote: »
    others have more experience here but you could try fill it with epoxy resin and let it go hard and then re screw
    The other option is a small bolt

    Yeah, epoxy resin is an idea alright, thanks. I was thinking of it, but wondered if it would just expand and cause th board to expand in the same way as a plastic plug would.

    A bolt was the other one but that involves drilling right through the side and having something on the other side...trying to avoid that if I can.


  • #4
    simonw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 648 ✭✭✭simonw


    Fill the hole in with matchsticks and wood glue, and predrill the hole for the screw.

    https://www.joneakes.com/jons-fixit-database/1481-Match-sticks-for-filling-screw-holes


  • #5
    Homebase670
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13 ✭Homebase670


    Fill the hole with epoxy, it is a very simple fix. Don't be afraid of trying it, just make sure theepoxy is dry before trying to screw the hinge back on.

    Your local diy storewill have everything you need.


  • #6
    peter bermingham
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 456 ✭✭peter bermingham


    If their is another unit beside it as in a double gable put in a 4x30mm screw


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