Steel Door Hinge Plate Repair

Pictured above is a standard 3 0 36 wide hollow metal commercial entry door that has a sag condition caused by bent hinge mounting plates.

Steel door hinge plate repair.

Unlike wooden doors steel doors require a different approach to repair hinge screws that are pulled out of the door. The linen closet door was missing when i bought the house and i ve been looking everywhere for 3 5 replacement hinges that fit new standard hinges have a skinnier pin and knuckles. For pricing and availability. The corrosion of a steel door frame results in a number of undesirable conditions.

And removing wire shims. To repair the problem install a reinforcement hinge at the top of the door. Use a hinge binding tool hinge doctor to repair binding hinges. For pricing and availability.

Through use the screws securing the hinge become loose. How you fix the steel door hinge depends on the amount of damage to the screw threads. It provides a path for rodents it allows contaminants and. When the door is swung open the loose screws pull out of the threaded mounting holes.

Removing or breaking off hinge filler shim plates. As you can see the top of the door is severely hitting the metal door frame. Commercial steel entry door jamb repair buy now. These tools slip over the hinges when the door is closed.

By securing your strike plate dead bolt and hinges a total of 3 inches into the frame of the house zzem screw will secure your doors from forced entry and save you countless hours on stripped screw repair. Examples of the different methods are. Replacement hinges for welded steel door frame my house was built in the 1950s and all the door frames are steel with one side of the hinge welded to the frame. Grinding or flattening down raised embossments in shim plates or reinforcements.

Steel entry doors and frames can and do provide years of reliable service but in many of these systems the bottom of the frames eventually rust or corrode. The tool will help to tighten and re align the hinges preventing it from sagging or binding. Door armor max combo set white item 187220. The door is pulled open just past the point where the hinges bind.