Solution: Remove the entire hinge plate. If there are only 2 hinges on the door you will have to remove the entire door. Take a ½” wood drill bit and drill out the hole to a depth of at least 1”. An easy way to gauge how far you have drilled is to measure up from the end of the drill bit the desired distance and place a piece of tape around the bit leaving the end sticking up in the air, so now when you drill just stop at the piece of tape. Putting the tape on the bit may stop some chips from coming out of the hole, so put the drill bit into the hole a couple times to clean it out. Now take a piece of ½” diameter wood dowel rod and very carefully with a utility knife cut a couple grooves into the length to help hold the glue. Now cut it 1/16” shorter than the hole you drilled. Squeeze some wood glue, Titebond or Elmer’s Wood Glue are great products, into the hole and spread some on the piece of wood dowel. Tap it into the hole until it is flush and immediately wipe the excess glue off with a damp rag. Let it dry overnight.
The next day carefully drill a pilot hole into the new wood and reinsert the screw. To gauge the size of the pilot hole hold the drill bit over the screw, if the bit is as big as the body of the screw , not the threads just the body, then you have the right size. If you are not sure you can test drill a hole into a scrap block of wood. Make sure you use oak or birch as they are hard wood like the dowel rod. If the other holes are just a little loose jamb a couple toothpicks into the hole before you screw them back in.
BONUS TIP: To make any screw go in easier run the threads through a bar of soap or some bees wax and then screw it in
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