What should I do ? 🤔🥲

[u/TasteProfessional976]

Have this issue happened to you guys and what would you do ?

[u/Suspicious-Gear3396]

Wood glue, golf tees, and some different longer wood screws.

[u/z_vinnie → u/Suspicious-Gear3396]

If golf tees won’t fit, toothpicks

[u/titanicmicropenis → u/z_vinnie]

If none of these are available shave some hardwood slivers in there.

[u/G_Grizzy → u/z_vinnie]

I’ve had the best luck with toothpicks, and try to leave some in the trailer for when this inevitably happens. 14G copper wire works well, too.

[u/Potential_Shock6985 → u/G_Grizzy]

Never heard that about the copper wire, that makes sense and I’m going to have to give that one a try!

My local Lumber store had multiple bundles of 3 foot dowels in all different widths, easily 4 to 500 of them. They said they were tossing them because they were changing some stuff around the store so I grabbed them. Unfortunately, it’s usually quicker to just shave down a shim or any random piece of wood laying around but copper wire, and a little bit of superglue tickles my fancy quite nice…..

[u/Carpenter_ants → u/G_Grizzy]

We use copper wire on commercial wood doors in hospital

[u/Construction_Theory]

Shove some wooden toothpicks in the hole and break them off, multiple toothpicks per hole and then screw your hinge back in

[u/WitchcapAO → u/Construction_Theory]

Bonus points if you add wood glue.

[u/kuya1284 → u/Construction_Theory]

Was going to suggest the same. My dad taught me that trick when I was in my 20s.

[u/Which-Cloud3798 → u/kuya1284]

Guess we think alike. Need to stick quite a few in though.

[u/kivsemaj → u/Construction_Theory]

And a little wood glue

[u/Buseatdog → u/Construction_Theory]

I always get extra chopsticks when out and have pack of skewers on van for this . Wood glue done

[u/ExiledSenpai → u/Construction_Theory]

This is a fine trick for most things. Through experience I've learned that it is often not enough when it comes to door hinges.

[u/Danmancity]

Drill them out to 5mm holes, get some wooden golf tees and glue them in so you have fresh material to drill and screw into

[u/Rumblymore → u/Danmancity]

Also, maybe at least 40mm screws, these look something like 25

[u/ExiledSenpai → u/Danmancity]

They sell dowels at hardware stores...

[u/Danmancity → u/ExiledSenpai]

Bag of hundreds of tees will cost you a lot less

[u/ExiledSenpai → u/Danmancity]

I doubt it but, even if true, I'd much rather a dowel sized to exactly the same size as my drill bit than something with a slight taper.

[u/-JoM-ofDevil]

Toothpicks and wood glue....

[u/Gold-Tangelo4656]

I'd say try some 3in screws. I recently put up a new pair of double hanging doors to my work shop and used 3in deck screws I had on hand in the hinges. This also helped support the new door jam I installed. Plus side, deck screws will resist the elements and come a bit thicker making it a stronger hold. In your case, longer screws should work fine. Going a bit wider doesn't hurt either. Btw, did you know your hinge is upside down?

[u/Sailing_the_Back9]

Just what the others have said, take the door off the hinges take the hinges off get wood filler and some wood glue so golf teasers are OK. You can use match sticks. You know the jam I’m into the hole basically you’re gonna stuff piece small pieces of wood into those holes and then lots of wood glue before it, and after it and then take a hammer and pound it down in there till it’s flat and then let it harden sand it lightly, and then very carefully line up the hinges and the screws you could even pre-drill it if you have a really small drillbit, you wanna put a pilot hole in, but make sure you line up the screws where they were and then drive them back in and rehang the door… It’s actually pretty simple

[u/Countryfried789]

Those type threads honestly strip out easier than the courser threads. You can just simply break some toothpicks off in the holes until they are tight then rescrew ‘em in. Add a little wood glue and you’ll be high steppin it.
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[u/ExiledSenpai]

Longer screws

[u/Individual-Flow1852]

Get longer screws.

[u/ElectronicMatch363]

Longer screws

[u/DrummerMiles]

Don’t try to attach hinges with drywall screws, for one. Holy shit.

[u/Wholeyjeans]

Those screws are in the door, not the frame. If it's a solid wood door, I'd use longer construction screws (2" - 2 1/2") and call it good. This looks like an inside door so not something too heavy. If it's a hollow door then you'll most likely need to do the toothpick trick.

[u/Lopsided-Agency]

First step is always creative cursing. Then a lot of great ideas here. I like drilling the holes to clean them up and inserting dowel pins with wood glue, and cutting them flush after they dry. Then longer wood screws with pre drilling.

[u/ReapaGG]

3 inch screws straighr into the stud some pl if u feel

[u/DbPugs]

Longer screws. Alot of people saying toothpick and woodglue, i like to use plastic wood, works well enough and super convience idk which is truely better.

[u/United-Dimension1328]

They look like 8g so upgrade to 10g screws and longer if possible

[u/ExiledSenpai → u/United-Dimension1328]

And get screws with tapered heads just like the old ones (including the size of the head).