Kitchen Unit Door Problem

[D_Hailsham]

The door which covers the built in washing machine will not stay in place. This is because the holes where the screws attach the door to the W/M have enlarged due to over tightening. I can't get a replacement door.

What can I use to fill the damaged screw holes, so I can make new ones? I've tried wood filler but it's not strong enough.

 

[foxhole]

Either car body filler [the flexible one] or repair putty.
http://www.toolstation.com/shop/p59360 with either it will work better if you enlarge the damage before filling.

 

[Deluks]

You can get repair plates. Or make your own from a bit of 2mm steel and use self tapping screws into pilot holes.

 

[foxhole]

You can get repair plates. Or make your own from a bit of 2mm steel and use self tapping screws into pilot holes.

Hows a repair plate going to allow hinges to re-fix?

 

[Monkeh]

You can get repair plates. Or make your own from a bit of 2mm steel and use self tapping screws into pilot holes.

Hows a repair plate going to allow hinges to re-fix?

 

[foxhole]

My understanding of the problem was that that the door fixing is damaged not the carcass?

 

[Monkeh]

In that case, change the fixings for expansion types.

 

[D_Hailsham]

My understanding of the problem was that that the door fixing is damaged not the carcass?

Correct. In any case the door is not attached to the carcase but to the front of the built-in washing machine.

The problem has arisen because the door only opens slightly more than 90° and it is easy to knock into the door when it is open, which puts a strain on the screws holding the door to the hinges. Continual tightening of the screws has caused the holes to lose any "thread" they had; and the surrounding chipboard has started to tear.

In that case, change the fixings for expansion types.

What are they?

I have thought of drilling right through the door and using nuts and bolts instead of wood screws, but that would look unsightly.

 

[Monkeh]

You can use these: http://www.woodfit.com/product_info...d=1&Name=Nylon+Bush+for+System+Screw+661.1150

New hinges should come with them as standard.

 

[hylas]

if the holes in the door are now too large do the old style trick pva glue in a match stick or a larger splinter of wood if required wait till its dried dress of flush and its done. cheap easy painless

 

[FriedFreddy]

Bung the oversize holes up with tooth picks (hammer the last 1 or 2 in so they are good & tight) then start dripping some THIN superglue in the gaps, use THIN (available from moddeling shops, eBay etc) and keep dripping it in until it forms a pool, that way the superglue will also seep into the surrounding chipboard and toughen that right up at the same time.

Used it many times with great results (toilet seats are another example), the more often I do it the less often I also stick my fingers to the item being repaired -)