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How to secure door to this?

last year

So the two pictures are the top and bottom of the door frame where the hinge attaches. As you can see they are pretty worn out, this is an old apartment, so the wood pretty beaten up, what can I use to secure the hinges to the door frame?

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3onthetree

last year

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It looks like an old house where different hinges over the years were chiseled out as a DIYer, but the wood looks good. In older houses when it's a maintenance, not a remodel issue, I use the longer screw (even 4") method to get to the rough framing jack stud or even through it to the next one. Sometimes you have to fill holes - various YouTube videos on filler, dowel/toothpick method, etc. IIRC I may have even moved the hinges 1/2" up on the door/frame for a certain house.

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Yael Alonso
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last year
A Mat
last year
Remove the door and existing frame and door jams, add new framing ,door jams and new door.
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kudzu9
last year
I agree with A Mat: the hinge area has had so many screws in it that the best approach would be to start over with new jambs. The only alternative you might have is if there is substantial framing beneath the jambs and you use extra long screws that might be able to bite into wood that hasn't been drilled out.
kudzu9
last year
Just be aware that simply using wood filler in those holes is not going to last; longer screws will if they have framing to bite into.
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GN Builders L.L.C
last year
If there is no wood to bite into as @kudzu9 suggested, use the old trick in the book it works every time.

Drill a hole using a 1/4 or 3/8" drill bit. Get a dowel to fit, apply glue and drive into a hole, cut the projected end of the dowel flush with the jamb, and screw the hinge back on.

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