How to fix back ripped out hinges

Threadbare · Post by **Threadbare** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 8:17 am

A cupboard door on a kitchen unit has been pulled off (blame a 4 year old boy). The four screws fixing two hinges to the side panel have pulled out and now there is no longer enough grip to hold the weight of the door. Can anyone recommend a way of re-hanging. I was thinking along the lines of wood filler or adhesive resin but want to be pointed in the right direction first.
Thanks in advance.

big-all · Post by **big-all** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 8:41 am

heeelllooo and welcome threadbare

http://www.woodfit.com/product_info.php ... right+Zinc

or longer screws into adjasent cabinet
or if backing on to another hinge a nut and bolt through both

filler may indeed work but not shure how well it will adhere to chipboard

!!!

ellie · Post by **ellie** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 9:10 am

Consider yourself at home.
Consider yourself one of the family.
We've taken to you so strong.
It's clear we're going to get along.
Consider yourself well in
Consider yourself par to the furniture.
There isn't a lot to spare.
Who cares?..What ever we've goin we share!

Those mending plates that Big-all is showing you are a good idea. You just might want to consider making good the damaged holes first with wood glue and tooth picks.

Insert a little glue into the holes and drive home 2-3 tooth picks in the holes trim when glue is set.

You can also consider changing the hinge to a hinge with a line mounting plate or vice versa. ( After thought )

Finally may be spray paint the mending plates before use, just so they don’t stand out to much.

Threadbare · Post by **Threadbare** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 11:42 am

Big-all and Ellie

Thanks for the advice. The mending plates look the best method, the door in question is next to a built in oven so I cannot go through into another cabinet or hinge.

Wood Magnet · Post by **Wood Magnet** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 4:00 pm

Good call big-all.

must admit i'd never heard of them before now

ellie, i would have suggested your way with toothpicks or matchsticks

still you learn something new every day on here.

big-all · Post by **big-all** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 9:26 pm

Wood Magnet wrote:Good call big-all. must admit i'd never heard of them before now
ellie, i would have suggested your way with toothpicks or matchsticks still you learn something new every day on here.

the trouble with wedging in is you only have around 12mm to play with and if you try tapping the wood in you risk knocking through the other 3mm and bulging the side

also the screws on cabinets tend to leave "moon craters " when the pull out because its chipboard

Teabag · Post by **Teabag** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 6:19 am

Very Nice Find on those plates Big-al I neverknew they were avaliable..

will certainly remember those for future use

btw, welcome to the forum Threadbare

big-all · Post by **big-all** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 8:36 am

Teabag wrote:Very Nice Find on those plates Big-al I neverknew they were avaliable..

will certainly remember those for future use

btw, welcome to the forum Threadbare

judging by the doors i have had to re-affix 'every cabinate pack should contain a mending plate it would add around 10p to the cost and save a fortune in wasted time and energy