On Monday, 21 December 2015 10:50:09 UTC, Adrian wrote:
Bit of a self-inflicted stupidity one here...

I'm in the throes of refurbishing and upgrading an outbuilding, and it
had a new wooden door and frame put on it last year. Unfortunately, I
managed to shut the door with a bit spirit level in the hinge side of the
frame... As a result, the top of the door caught on the opposite side of
the frame. I thought I'd bent the top hinge, but removing the screws,
checking it out, and putting it back solved the problem.

Except... it's doing it again. And several of the screws seem to have
"stripped" their threads into the wood of the frame. The recesses in the
hinge aren't big enough to go up on screw size.

Thoughts?

In principle you can go up on width or length. If all else fails, grinding a head down to a smaller size or drilling the hinge recess can be used. Easier though is probably hammering some wood into the screwholes first, having applied PVA. Then refix another day.

Also - got a bit of a problem with water build-up on this same door
between the bottom of the door and the sill. Could it be that the gap is
too small, so the rain is being held in?

I find that hard to believe

Would taking a snidge off the
bottom of the door solve it?

sounds very unlikely.


NT