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Author Message   OK, it's Tom Reingold Citizen Username: Noglider Post Number: 504 Registered: 1-2003 Posted on Sunday, September 14, 2003 - 8:55 am:        My daughter's bedroom door is misaligned, and I see it's because the upper hinge is pulling out of the doorframe. I took the hinges off and saw that they were attached to the doorframe by mollies rather than screws directly in the doorframe. Perhaps the original screwholes got stripped out. These mollies don't seem to hold well. I hammered them in a bit, and that helped a bit, but not enough. At this point, the holes must be pretty big, so I doubt there are woodscrews that would fit them well any more. What's a good approach to putting the hinges in properly? Thanks! Tom Reingold   tjohn Citizen Username: Tjohn Post Number: 1761 Registered: 12-2001 Posted on Sunday, September 14, 2003 - 9:09 am:        Can you use long wood screws - 2" or 3"? There is usually a lot of good solid wood around the door frame that will provide a good anchor for the screws.   bobk Supporter Username: Bobk Post Number: 3392 Registered: 5-2001 Posted on Sunday, September 14, 2003 - 4:37 pm:        I have had good luck with stripped out screw holes by dipping toot picks in wood glue, stuffing them in the hole and letting it dry and then reinstalling the screw   tjohn Citizen Username: Tjohn Post Number: 1762 Registered: 12-2001 Posted on Monday, September 15, 2003 - 5:42 am:        Ditto. Use tooth picks if you can find toot picks.   bobk Supporter Username: Bobk Post Number: 3394 Registered: 5-2001 Posted on Monday, September 15, 2003 - 8:47 am:        No Tjohn, yah gotta use toot picks. They are a lot stronger. I really have to start reading what I write.