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Identify Stripped Screw Holes

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Fix Stripped Screws In Wood. Door Hinge Repair.

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Observe the area where screws are no longer holding. In this video, the presenter shows a door jamb where the strike plate screws have lost their grip because the wood around the screw holes has become too large and stripped, likely from repeated force or wear. He mentions that even long screws, which previously reached the 2x4 framing behind the jamb, are not sufficient to properly secure the fixture anymore.

Goal: The presenter begins by showing a door jamb with stripped screw holes, explaining the common problem where screws no longer hold securely due to enlarged or damaged wood.

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this chrissy idaho painter in this video i'm going to show you how to fix some strip screws on a door jamb where i can't actually screw my screws into the wood anymore because the holes are all too big and too stripped i've got a striker plate right here and this door has been kicked in multiple times and the screw holes are really big so they actually had some really long screws which is unusual because it's so messed up but this long screws were able to screw into the 2x4 behind the door jamb but we're going to show you how we can actually fix this fill it in make it right and make it so you can just screw it in with the right screws and all you

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