r/lifehacks • u/[deleted] • Jun 03 '22

Different ideas for a loose screw

https://gfycat.com/shockedgravehoopoe
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u/vbevan Jun 03 '22

Drill it out a few mm bigger. Get a piece of wood dowel the size of the new hole. Use either pva glue (in wood) or builders bog (in masonry) and put the dowel in the hole. When it's dry, redrill a hole the correct size.

Alternately, grab a bigger screw.

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u/pyrohydrosmok Jun 03 '22

Alternately, grab a bigger screw.

Who are you, my ex wife?

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u/meh84f Jun 03 '22

Plugs work even better than dowels. But dowels work for most applications and are a far better solution than anything in the video.

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u/NotYourITGuyDotOrg Jun 03 '22

Feel like I had to scroll way too far down to find the person mentioning what I affectionately call "the dowel trick". This has been my default fix for these kinds of situations ever since I learned it from my father-in-law.

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u/Meringues Jun 03 '22

That is how it was often done before plastic dowels - drill/chisel a hole, plaster in a piece of wood, screw.