For Door Hinge Replacement in KC

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Door hinge replacement customers are KC homeowners with a heavy solid-core door that sags until the top corner rubs the frame, homeowners who painted over the hinges during a room repaint and now the door sticks and squeals, or homeowners in older KC homes replacing original 3-inch loose-pin hinges with modern ball-bearing hinges because the pins have worn oval and the door rattles. The central education is stripped screw repair, hinge sizing by door weight and width, and mortise depth — three things that determine whether a hinge replacement fixes the sagging door or introduces new problems. Stripped screw repair: the most common cause of a sagging door in KC homes is not worn hinges but stripped screw holes in the door jamb — the hinge screws have pulled out of the soft pine or poplar jamb over years of heavy use; the fix is not longer screws (which do not reach framing) but gluing wooden toothpicks or a cut wooden dowel into the stripped hole, letting it dry, and re-driving the original screw into the filled hole; the more effective repair for a hinge that will be under constant load is replacing the standard 3/4-inch hinge screw with a 3-inch screw that reaches from the hinge through the jamb and into the door frame stud — one 3-inch screw per hinge in the top hole closest to the door stop eliminates the stripped jamb problem permanently. Hinge sizing: standard interior door hinges are 3.5 x 3.5 inches for doors up to 80 pounds; heavy solid-core interior doors or exterior doors require 4 x 4 inch hinges; a door that uses 3.5-inch hinges but weighs over 80 pounds will eventually sag even with new hinges because the leaf area is insufficient for the load; a solid-core door is recognizable by its weight — 80+ pounds vs. 25–35 pounds for hollow core; KC homes with solid-core interior doors in main hallways and master bedrooms often have undersized hinges from original construction. Mortise depth: a hinge mortise that is cut too shallow leaves the hinge leaf proud of the jamb surface — the door does not close flat against the stop; a mortise cut too deep causes a hinge-bound door that is hard to close and springs open; correct mortise depth equals the hinge leaf thickness, typically 0.093 inches for standard hinges; when replacing hinges with a different leaf thickness (upgrading from stamped steel to solid brass), the mortise may need to be deepened with a sharp chisel or shimmed with cardboard if the new leaf is thinner. A door hinge website that explains why doors sag, how stripped holes are fixed permanently, and what hinge size is needed earns the homeowner who has already tried the hardware store fix and it didn't hold.