How to repair a broken screw hole

This problem occurs very, very often in everyday life. For example, you might accidentally be a little overzealous when opening the door of, say, a cabinet, and the screw will immediately pull out of the wood. It is definitely not possible to screw it back in, since the hole is completely broken. The chipboard crumbled and a small crater formed after the screw was pulled out. Of course, there is a way out of this situation and it is not at all difficult.
For repairs we will need: wooden chop or stand. It is made in five minutes from a wooden lath. If it is round, we simply cut it off, and if it is square, we cut off the edges with a penknife, giving it a cylindrical shape.

Restoring the hole

First of all, we measure the thickness of the chipboard. Next, take a wood drill and set either a limiter or a mark on it to make a hole of a certain depth. If your material thickness is, say, 9 mm, then you need to drill to a depth of no more than 7 mm. The thickness of the drill is also selected individually, everything depends on the diameter of the screw being screwed in and the nature of the damage. I took a 5 mm drill.
Carefully drill a blind hole.

There is no need to rush, because if you accidentally drill the front side, it will not be pleasant.

Pour wood glue around the edges. You can use the classic one - PVA or any other.

Naturally, the chopik must be pre-fitted to this hole in diameter and length. Carefully drive it into the hole.

We are waiting for the glue to dry. Next, we drill a hole under the screw so that when screwing there is less internal stress, since the chop is made of a single piece of wood and with excessive pressure it will easily burst or crack.

That's all! The hole has been restored.

You can screw the screw into place.

The connection is very strong. Most likely even stronger than it was, since the insert adds additional density.

We repair all the necessary holes for the hinges.
Using this simple method, you can repair and restore a hole not only in chipboard, but also in other, absolutely any wood.

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