Wardrobe Hinges

[Merlin5]

I'm not sure the best way to fix this wardrobe hinge but the holes are messed up and the screws just pop out. Is there some good filler I can put into the holes that sets and I could then use a braddle to make new holes for the screws? The bottom right hinge on the other door also needs fixing.

 

[Maccapacca]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09MLF9Y6G?th=1

Thank me later

 

[Armageus]

Those repair plates look great, but for a quick repair you can use Cotton Wool/Cotton Buds + Superglue

 

[Merlin5]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09MLF9Y6G?th=1

Thank me later

Thanks, I'll buy that! I'll need to use two of the plates, one for the door and one for the side of the wardrobe as as all four holes don't work. I assume my four screws on the original wardrobe bracket thread into the repair plate holes and that's how it gets held in place.

Edit: Bought, arriving tomorrow.

 

[Grimley]

I've bought these and they do the job, just bear in mind you will have to readjust the hinges to compensate for the thickness of the plate. If the doors are a tight fit, you may not have 'wiggle room' to make said adjustments.

 

[itsallaboutyou]

Matches and glue. Snap the matches off - sand down and re drill. Or the mega repair plates like above!!

 

[SpellowHouse]

Matches and glue. Snap the matches off - sand down and re drill. Or the mega repair plates like above!!

That's what I use.
Use wood glue and leave it overnight to set.
If you need it quicker then epoxy wood filler. Ready to go in thirty minutes or less.

 

[itsallaboutyou]

That's what I use.
Use wood glue and leave it overnight to set.
If you need it quicker then epoxy wood filler. Ready to go in thirty minutes or less.

Yeah - and all I do is use a mega tiny brad point bit and let the screw expand the hole - saves mucking a fair bit!

 

[jellybeard999]

Id probably wood glue dowels/matches/cocktail sticks in the screw holes, redrill and refit the hinges. Plates above look good as a last resort.

 

[Merlin5]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09MLF9Y6G?th=1

Thank me later

I've got a problem where the small holes don't line up. Not sure how I'd get both screws to fit? I have four metal plates and the pairs of holes either side of the large circular cutouts have slightly different angles on a couple of the plates to the other two plates. But neither give me proper alignment.

 

[Rob_B]

Do you have a drill, and some small bits?..

 

[Merlin5]

Do you have a drill, and some small bits?..

Yeah I do. I guess I'll have to drill some new holes. Pity as I thought these plates wouldn't require me to mess around with drilling.

 

[Armageus]

Surely you just put some screws in those holes and they self tap? If you try and drill them "correct" then you'd end up with nothing for the screws to bite into to hold the hinge to the plate?

 

[Merlin5]

Surely you just put some screws in those holes and they self tap? If you try and drill them "correct" then you'd end up with nothing for the screws to bite into to hold the hinge to the plate?

Thing is I can't actually put the screws in because if you look at the photos, the holes on the wardrobe bracket don't centre over the holes of the repair plates.

 

[Armageus]

Thing is I can't actually put the screws in because if you look at the photos, the holes on the wardrobe bracket don't centre over the holes of the repair plates.

Not sure it matters that they are centred - you can at least see part of the screw hole, so assuming the screws supplied are self tapping - it should just cut a bigger hole?

 

[Merlin5]

Not sure it matters that they are centred - you can at least see part of the screw hole, so assuming the screws supplied are self tapping - it should just cut a bigger hole?

Yeah I guess so, I'll give it a try. There's about half of the screw hole visible. I'd better get my electric screwdriver out because it's tricky to do it with a normal screwdriver.

 

[Maccapacca]

Not sure it matters that they are centred - you can at least see part of the screw hole, so assuming the screws supplied are self tapping - it should just cut a bigger hole?

Yeah just wind them in with a duggdugga impact driver. The only hole that matters is the big recess hole.

 

[Reuben klang]

I’d just put a bit of stixall in there and the holes, reuse the same fixing holes. Ones that stuff cures it’s jobs a good one. Never moving.

 

[Merlin5]

I’d just put a bit of stixall in there and the holes, reuse the same fixing holes. Ones that stuff cures it’s jobs a good one. Never moving.

That sounds good. Never heard of Stixall. I just shoot it into the fixing holes and can just screw the bracket into the cured stixall?

 

[Reuben klang]

That sounds good. Never heard of Stixall. I just shoot it into the fixing holes and can just screw the bracket into the cured

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Everbuild-Strength-Building-Adhesive-Automative/dp/B0012RT1M8

That’s it there but go to a local wholesaler/plumbers place you’ll get it for under £5.

Squeeze it into the screw holes and into the hole for the hinge. Then plop the hinge into place, screw it in. Job done. It’ll go solid once cured. Don’t go mental with the stuff as you don’t want it to spew out.

The stuff is great. CT1 is another amazing one but it’s 2x the price for virtually an identical product.