How To Fix A Fire Door Hinge Pulled Out

Tap the hinge pin back into the door with a hammer at the top of the pin barrel.

How to fix a fire door hinge pulled out.

Spread carpenter s glue onto a 3 8 inch diameter x 1 inch long wood dowel and tap it into the hole until it s flush with the jamb. Fix it the right way not the wrong way. A how to video my first of many to come looking forward to sharing. If a hinge pin is stuck and will not come out when you tap it with a screwdriver first try squirting with penetrating lubricant.

Use your drill and a small drill bit to drill new pilot holes for your screws. The wrong way is a temporary fix not cool. If it still will not come out it may be easier to remove the screws from one leaf which will allow you to remove the door. I just held the bit up to the screws to find one that was slightly smaller than the diameter of the screw shaft.

I am not sure what size bit i used i eyeballed it. Wait about 10 minutes and try tapping again. Step 4 tap new threads into the steel door with a tap that is the same size diameter as the screw threads. Insert the screws through the hinge and into the threaded holes in the steel door.

Then reposition the hinge leaf and bore 1 8 inch diameter pilot holes. Ask a helper to hold up the door and align the pin barrel on both halves of the hinge. Finish by securing the hinge by driving screws into the dowel reinforced holes. Bore out and plug each of the remaining stripped screw holes the same way.

Tighten the screws with a phillips screwdriver. Wait at least an hour.