Repair Hole In Hollow Core Door

If you or someone you live with has accidentally knocked a hole in a hollow door you can fix it with materials available at your local hardware store.

Repair hole in hollow core door. Hollow core doors are much cheaper and more common than doors made of solid wood but they are also a lot more fragile and prone to damage. Hollow core doors are common in the interiors of houses and apartments. A hole in a hollow core door that has a wood veneer that has been stained and finished would be much harder to repair satisfactorily. If the screws in your door hinge have become loose and frequently require tightening or have been tightened so often that they no longer stay securely in place causing the door to sag most likely the wood sections the stiles that frame the inside of the door need reinforcement.

These relatively flimsy doors can be damaged easily. Door stiles the wooden side frames inside the door aren t very deep which is part of the reason hinges become. While holes in your doors or unsightly scratches might seem difficult to repair you can get them fixed up in no more than a day or two. The best hinges for hollow core doors are still the base molding spring stops as seen on the door in this foreground and not the hinge pin stops as seen on the two doors in the background.