Door Hinge how do I measure?
I'm stuck on a problem here...One hinge on bathroom door creaks bad when you open it. Noticed bottom is tweaked out just a bit. I'm trying to get another hinge. Tried Lowes and Home Depot and Ace, n...
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Pangaea Ron wrote:Dusty R wrote:Pangaea Ron wrote:
I'd remove the slightly bent hinge and would try to gently re-align it in a vice before replacing it?
I'll bet that once you straighten the hinge that the screw holes will not line up, that's why the hingh is bent. Put a wooden match stick in the door jamb hole then make a new hole centered on the hinge hole.
Dusty
Yep, it might take that.
Thanks for idea.
Put a wooden match stick in the door jamb hole then make a new hole centered on the hinge hole.
"door jam hole"? not sure where that is? Should I put match stick, so when I close door, the bent part of hinge will bend it the other way?
