On Sun, 11 Aug 2019 23:09:27 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

On 8/11/2019 10:13 PM, Bob Simon wrote:
My wife's closet hinge screws were stripped on the frame side so I used info from this article to repair them:
https://www.thisoldhouse.com/more/su...e-loose-hinges

With the hinges off the frame, I see that the builder drove two hidden screws into the frame behind the hinges. At first, I thought these were perhaps intended as a spacer for the hinges and that I should leave them but now I'm thinking about removing them so the hinges will be flush with the frame.

Has anyone heard of this practice? Does it have any benefit or is this some kind of builder's superstition?


Probably put in to keep the frame square. I'd not take them out.
I've done it. Put wedges between jam and frame behind the hinge and
screw through the shim. Tighten it down and the jam can NOT MOVE.
Makes a substandard jam kit almost acceptable. Gluing and mailing the
door trim to the face of the jam helps too - makes a "U" chanel of the
flimsey finger-jointed pine jam