On Fri, 08 Feb 2008 20:17:26 GMT, "The Medway Handyman"
wrote:

1501 wrote:
There is a snag with plugging the holes with dowel or matchsticks. If
the new screw holes are going to run into, or even partly into, the
wood you are effectively screwing into end grain.

Why would that be a problem? Thousands of door frames, skirtings etc have
been fixed that way in the past - it was standard practice.

The only possible snag with matchsticks is that they're (or were)
often dipped in wax, which might stop the glue working properly.

--
Frank Erskine