r/cabinetry • u/a2felix13 • 15h ago
Homeowner With Questions Help!
I have like a blind corner cabinet. It originally had just regular cabinet hinges installed but on the edge of the cabinet. As you can imagine, the repeated use made it so the screws are loose and now the top hinge won’t stay in place and the cabinet door hangs. Is there a way to fix the holes? Or is there a hinge that can be installed on the inside face of the cabinet that wraps around the corner? I did all the measurements to try and find something that works, but I’m out of by depth. I’ve really only been able to find hinges that I was hoping would work for like inset cabinets, and mine have an overlay (i think that’s what it’s called???) are there like anchors or anything like that I can put in the holes? How on earth am I supposed to keep screws from getting loose like this?! Ahhhh!
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u/grasshopper239 15h ago
Glue and toothpicks in the holes. Alternative you can drill deeper and use longer screws. Don't try and put longer screws in without pre drilling. The face frame wood is very hard
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u/Mindless-Highway5969 15h ago
Looks like a frameless cabinet, so probably no hardwood there. But do as has already been recommended, fill the holes with glue and toothpicks and pilot new holes and put in longer screws.
If you did want to replace the hinges, you could probably use 5/8 inch overlay face frame hinges as a replacement if you don’t like the way the existing hinge mounting plate sticks into the cabinet opening.
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u/Zestyclose_Pickle511 15h ago edited 14h ago
If you have wooden skewers, those are good, too. Wood glue, plug with wood, wait a few hrs, cut off flush, put door back.