The point is when she pulled the door the bottom hinge tore out and caused a hole approximately 3 x3 5 in the particle board wall of the cabinet.
Repair cabinet door hinge holes particle board.
Adding insult to injury the whole hinge pulled out of the particle board and took a big chunk of the door with it.
I don t know if there are any fillers i can use to patch this up that will hold the hinge and door.
Composed as it is of wood chips and particles bonded together with a synthetic resin particleboard is a construction material that is best hidden.
The small screws used to secure kitchen cabinet door hinges to the face frames of cabinets often work their way loose over time.
So if you swing the door open too fast the force can rip the hinge screw right out of the cabinet wall.
I will repair that in a separate instructable once the door hinge is out of the way carefully drill out the hole where the screw used to be.
But particleboard has a major weakness it doesn t hold screw threads very well.
Repairing particle board with wood filler.
I know these are terrible cabinets but replacing them isn t in the plans.
Is there any way to fix it.
Stripped screw holes are common in particleboard however which is why many manufacturers no longer use simple wood screws for assembly.
Particle board a composite material made of wood chips shavings and sawdust that are packed together and extruded is cheaper to use than hardwood.
I hit my head on the open door cabinet over the sink yet again and slammed the door shut in anger.
On my cabinets the door actually fell off because a chunk of particle board fell off.
A quick convenient cure can be found just inside one of the cabinets.
Cabinets made from particleboard work great in utility and laundry rooms and they re fairly inexpensive.
Particleboard comes in many different grades some of which are quite strong and durable.
Repair a cabinet hinge screw hole with a plug.
How to repair pulled out screws in particleboard.
Showing a little trick of the trade the roads take their toll on hinges.
Due to the design of the doors a prefab door would stick out like a sore thumb.