Slide a drop cloth under the door to protect the floor as you work.
How to fix a hollow wooden door hinge.
How to fix a door that cracked where the hinges go.
For a quick fix you could take a toothpick wooden skewer or wooden golf tee with a little wood glue and gently hammer it into the screw holes to strengthen the wooden stile so that it will provide a better grip for the screws.
If the hinge and jamb are painted cut the paint around the leaf with a utility knife swing the leaf away from the jamb.
Pack the hole with paper towels.
Remove the door from the jamb using a drill driver.
Squeeze a drop of carpenter s glue into each loose hole then push about 3 wooden matches or toothpicks into the hole or enough to fill it and snap the excess wood off.
Then just reinstall the hinges and you should be fine.
Insert the tip of a putty knife into the cracks to clean out chips or splinters that might cause the cracks to fail to.
Then bore out the stripped holes with a 3 8 inch diameter bit.
Screw the hinge back into place after the glue is dry.
Fill the hole with.
While the paper towels won t make the door stronger or repair it they are an easy.
Patching a hole or crack 1.
Remove the screws that hold the loose hinge leaf to the door jamb.
Leave the door on its hinges you needn t remove it to complete this fix.
Cut away any loose or broken wood from around the hole or crack.
Remove the hinges from the door.
Neaten the edges of the hole.