My hinges have pulled out of one of my kitchen cupboard doors and the
screws no longer bite into the chipboard. Does anyone have a solution
to what to fill them with so that they won't pull out again? thanks v
much!

My hinges have pulled out of one of my kitchen cupboard doors and the
screws no longer bite into the chipboard. Does anyone have a solution
to what to fill them with so that they won't pull out again? thanks v
much!

Epoxy car body filler (or epoxy wood filler). Chisel out a bit more of the
wood, so the hole expands out from the initial hole so that the filler can
wedge fully inside, if that makes sense.

i.e.

----/ \--
/ \
-------

is better than

----\ /---
\ /
-

Christian.

wrote:
My hinges have pulled out of one of my kitchen cupboard doors and the
screws no longer bite into the chipboard. Does anyone have a solution
to what to fill them with so that they won't pull out again? thanks v
much!

When this happened to me I drilled out holes to the largest dia dowel I
had and glued dowels in then cut them off flush and remounted hindge.
gordon

Some possibiles:
Oversize screws
Through bolts into adjacent cupboard
Drill new holes in the hinge plates so you can have screws in a new
location

wrote:
My hinges have pulled out of one of my kitchen cupboard doors and the
screws no longer bite into the chipboard. Does anyone have a solution
to what to fill them with so that they won't pull out again? thanks v
much!


Yes. 'Holts Chemical Metal'

It goes from goo to rubbery to rock hard in a few minutes.


You can fill all crumbling chip with it, and then re-drill or chance
simply inserting the bolt thing into the goo.

Best way to use is to mix,. slap in, then cover with sheet of ply there
to and press down - a bit of ply and some clamps or pegs work well -
till it goes 'rubbery'

Then expose it and use a serrated knife to scrape or cut excess. Be
fast, you have a few minutes only. You can rub surplus off melamine at
this point with your thumb.

Finally drill for fixing and reinsert. If more cupboard falls away, repeat.

wrote:
Some possibiles:
Oversize screws
Through bolts into adjacent cupboard

But it sounds like the holes on the door are the problem.

Drill new holes in the hinge plates so you can have screws in a new
location


Body filler in the screw holes and the 35mm hole should do it but, yes
there's usually plenty of room for two new holes on that part of the
hinge.

On 23 May 2006 09:02:24 -0700, wrote:

My hinges have pulled out of one of my kitchen cupboard doors and the
screws no longer bite into the chipboard. Does anyone have a solution
to what to fill them with so that they won't pull out again? thanks v
much!

Pity it's the door as if it were the carcass side you could have used
one of these - just 70p and couple of quid small order charge.

http://www.woodfit.com/product_info....+-+Bright+Zinc


Chipboard is well known to be made from Weetabix so just mix one up
with a bit of epoxy resin and cram it in the hole


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Matt wrote:

Pity it's the door as if it were the carcass side you could have used
one of these - just 70p and couple of quid small order charge.

http://www.woodfit.com/product_info....+-+Bright+Zinc


What a useful thing! Thanks for the link.

Chipboard is well known to be made from Weetabix so just mix one up
with a bit of epoxy resin and cram it in the hole

I thought it was Shredded Wheat?


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Dave
The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk
01634 717930
07850 597257

wrote:
My hinges have pulled out of one of my kitchen cupboard doors and the
screws no longer bite into the chipboard. Does anyone have a solution
to what to fill them with so that they won't pull out again? thanks v
much!

Assuming the hinges are held onto the doors by normal woodscrews, try
glueing cocktail sticks in the screw holes with PVA, wait till dry, trim
flush and re insert screws.


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Dave
The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk
01634 717930
07850 597257

On Tue, 23 May 2006 18:18:40 GMT, "The Medway Handyman"
wrote:

Matt wrote:

Pity it's the door as if it were the carcass side you could have used
one of these - just 70p and couple of quid small order charge.

http://www.woodfit.com/product_info....+-+Bright+Zinc


What a useful thing! Thanks for the link.

Chipboard is well known to be made from Weetabix so just mix one up
with a bit of epoxy resin and cram it in the hole

I thought it was Shredded Wheat?

Depends on the distance to the cereal factory - I'm nearer to
Kettering than Welwyn Garden City


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Thanks everyone for your excellent replies! This is the first time I've
visited the uk diy group and I'm really impressed. I've ordered a
couple of the Woodfit repair plates which look excellent, and even I
can't muck up fixing them (famous last words). cheers