Cupboard door falling off!!

[Polkapjs]

Help me please! My kitchen cupboard door has been wobbling a bit for ages. I’ve kept tightening it up but the screw just fell out and now it’s hanging off
How do I repair it? Old screw won’t go back in now
Help!!

The hole has probably worn. Cheapest trick is to pack it with a few pieces of match stick then screw back on.

Ooh that’s exciting. How small do I need to break the bits? How do I poke them in?
Thank you!

In my student days we used to soak match sticks in water after breaking off the tip. Plug the hole with a few matches (the hinges had very big holes) and then screw in the screw. The kitchen in our house was a faulty batch looking back.

match sticks vom vom

you can get a repair plate and do it properly.

Post a photo if you can

is it loose in the door or in the cabinet?

Most likely you need this

note that kitchen units use a special screw called a "Euroscrew"

You can buy a pack of 50 or so.

Here it is

This worked for me. Drill out the hole/s to the same depth with a slightly larger bit than the current hole. Fill the hole with a wood filler that is sandable & drillable. Leave to cure as per instructions, position the hinge, drill a small pilot hole and screw the hinge back.

The repair plate is what you want. Take off the door by unscrewing both hinges before you start. Put plates on both. Can you lay your hands on a drill? You will need pozi screwdrivers.

Buy a few spare plates and screws so you have some for next time.

Example pack of 10 plates with the small screws

www.ebay.co.uk/p/Kitchen-Cupboard-Door-Hinge-Repair-Kit-Includes-10-Plates-and-Fixing-Screws/4004947555?iid=263772323620&_trkparms=aid%3D555018%26algo%3DPL.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20140122125356%26meid%3D66bc671ad4c64f7fae4affac493417ae%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D12%26mehot%3Dlo%26sd%3D172664808623%26itm%3D263772323620&_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851

Thanks PigletJohn. Useful for me too and I will need couple of packs of 10. While kitchen is falling apart!!!

Being thick but where does the plate go?

i.ebayimg.com/images/g/wIkAAOxyn9BRZ6oV/s-l500.jpg

Hmmm so the old hinge sits on top of the plate but held on by the corners ?

The hinge screws onto the plate. The plate screws to the side of the cabinet.

Unless I'm missing something that plate has a right angle piece that goes across the front of the cabinet. How do you get the door to fit flush with cabinet?

the lip fits on the edge of the panel. I haven't got one here to measure but the metal is quite thin. Certainly less than 0.5mm. The doors probably already have a little clearance already; if they don't, then moving them out by such a tiny fraction is unlikely to be noticeable.

Thanks PJ.

Every day is a school day!

@PigletJohn thanks for that. I've never seen them, never heard of them, wouldn't have known what to put into Google to find them.

I would drill out to 8 or 10mm, glue in a dowel then redrill the pilot for the Euroscrew. These 'bodger plates' make short work of making a repair.

Piglet thank you so much!