Kitchen door is broken, repair possible?

[Grumpyoldblonde]

Hello, I had a lovely kitchen until around 10 minutes ago when my child decided to swing on a cupboard door and half ripped it off. I am not sure whether a repair is possible as the hinges at the top of the door have ripped away and brought some of the chipboard inside away with it and this cupboard is attached to another. Bugger it, I am pretty short of cash at the moment, Christmas is looming, and I am hosting. Does anyone thinks there is a hope of repairing this and who should do it? A carpenter? At the moment I feel the whole house is falling to bits.

it can be repaired. You can get a hinge repair plate, and the old bit of door can be glued back. Chipboard can be glued with wood glue.

You may need a new hinge to match. Some of them are made by Blum and Hafele.

Oh, thanks so much. I will need to replace some doors eventually as they have a bit of water damage but this broken door is urgent, the chipboard is very split though and not in one piece which may change things. thanks for replying.

You need PigletJohn for detailed advice but I would think it would be possible to repair .
I used wood hardner and wood filler on my ancient caravan door .It made a nice hard filler but I failed rather in trying to sand it down so it doesn't look too good !
There's lots of products like hard as nails that might be useful ..

Some suggestions here www.avforums.com/threads/help-diy-help-needed-kitchen-cupboard-door-broken.640449/

or these special hinge plates www.amazon.co.uk/CUPBOARD-DOOR-HINGE-REPAIR-KIT/dp/6040126302/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top?ie=UTF8 ??

I'm sure someone will come on here with more advice !

Ginger thanks very much - I have so much work on so hopefully my partner can take a look at the weekend and fix it, if not a local handy man may be able to help. (A light fitting fell out of my ceiling in the middle of the night - house falling to bits!)

As long as you can fill the hole in the chipboard unit and you leave it to dry properly you should have a good area in which to reattach the hinge plate for the door to clip back on to.

Have also seen it suggested that you rehang door on other side .If possible !