It's made of the highest grade chipboard. How do I get those woodscrews to stay in or do I have to replace the whole panel?
2007-01-25 01:03:07 · 14 answers · asked by fatherf.lotski 5 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
use nuts and bolts.the bigger the better,
2007-01-25 01:17:53 · answer #1 · answered by NIGEL R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Besides replacement, there are two things you can try.
Relocate the hinges on the frame and door if both are bad.
Remove hinges from frame and doors if both are bad. In each screw hole on the frame, shove in a little bit of steel wool, paper towel, some toothpick stubs, or other fibrous material and squirt in some wood glue. Make sure the repair doesn't stick up above the surface of the wood. The glue and fibrous material will make a replacement solid substance to hold the screw. Reattach the hinges to the frame and let dry for at least 24 hours (maybe longer if you're not sure it's completely dry and cured). Do the same thing for the doors, taping the doors into place to provide some support while the glue dries.
An alternative to this is to put the glue and fiber into the hole and let dry and then drill a small lead hole into it - this means you'd be driving the screw into what should end up being a fairly solid substance similar to wood.
There are various "plastic" wood patching compounds that should work in lieu of the glue/fiber patch. Take your choice, but I've had better luck with my own hack solutions.
The doors take a lot of use, and so you may eventually have to replace them anyway, or at least relocate the hinges.
2007-01-25 01:21:38 · answer #2 · answered by mattzcoz 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
chipboard is useless at holding screws..maybe its better to replace the whole panel.
2007-01-25 02:08:37 · answer #3 · answered by grumpcookie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, she said she didn't do it. So then it MUST have been the cat. Must be a big cat...:) Seriously though, since she is rough with stuff, she most likely slammed it all the time and the hinge became loose. The poor door finally had it.
2016-03-29 01:48:33 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can buy plastic plugs to go in the hole before you put the screw in, or if you dont want to buy them just out a bit of wood in the hole so the screws can have something to grip onto.
2007-01-25 01:16:04 · answer #5 · answered by Margaret 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fill the holes and leave them to set up. Put glue on the screw an reinstall BJ
2007-01-25 03:07:08 · answer #6 · answered by william j 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
jeez..chipboard what a nightmare i feel for you mate replace the whole panel.
2007-01-25 01:08:10 · answer #7 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to a buliders shop ,buy a tube of grifill,fill the holes,leave 24 hours and refix,
2007-01-25 06:07:19 · answer #8 · answered by sam tyler 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you will have to rerouter the holes
for the hinges on the door top down
bottom up and refix to cubord
2007-01-25 01:15:24 · answer #9 · answered by S Csparky 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
either put wood in the hole to make it smaller before screwing into it or buy some screws with a thicker thread .
2007-01-25 01:10:44 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
try putting wood toothpicks in glue first
then stuff as many as can fit in there tightly
then let dry
then put your screw in
should work
2007-01-25 01:12:40 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋