Handling interior door squeaks
#1
10-11-20, 03:02 PM
Handling interior door squeaks
Someone once mentioned removing the door and lubing the pins then putting it back together. I can't think of a more intrusive solution. I'd like to lube the doors with liquid wrench or the like but that is short lasting, stinks up the house and risks staining the walls unless you carefully hold a piece of paper towel behind it. No fun to do every month when there a million other things to do.
Any other simple recipe would be appreciated. I can't imagine your typical non-DIY putting up with it and I can't imagine them calling in for service every 5 minutes.
Thoughts?
Thanks.
Any other simple recipe would be appreciated. I can't imagine your typical non-DIY putting up with it and I can't imagine them calling in for service every 5 minutes.
Thoughts?
Thanks.
#2
10-11-20, 03:09 PM
Group Moderator
You're the one that wants to use the stinky liquid wrench when you could use any one of a hundred kinds of oil or grease that would have no odor at all.
The permanent solution is to ditch the cheap steel hinges that mfg's use and replace them with ball bearing hinges that are silent and rarely if ever need lubrication.
The permanent solution is to ditch the cheap steel hinges that mfg's use and replace them with ball bearing hinges that are silent and rarely if ever need lubrication.
#4
10-11-20, 03:20 PM
Group Moderator
Vegetable oil, mineral oil, and virtually any other kind of oil. Its the solvents in aerosol lubricants that have an odor. I don't think you would really smell petroleum products either in such a small amount unless you had a bucket full of dirty oily rags... motor oil, axle grease, lithium grease, Vaseline, etc.
WD-40 and Liquid Wrench would not be lasting solutions because they are thin and the solvents evaporate, leaving nothing behind to lubricate.
WD-40 and Liquid Wrench would not be lasting solutions because they are thin and the solvents evaporate, leaving nothing behind to lubricate.
#6
10-12-20, 05:05 AM
Group Moderator
The best results I've found is with trailer wheel bearing grease. I use synthetic with lithium. It lasts much longer and is much less messy than any spray oil. Just pull each pin one at a time. Wipe it clean, give it a thin smear with the grease and replace it in the hinge.
[i]screen door inside sunroom[/i]
[i]standing in the sunroom looking into the basement[/i]
[i]inside the main basement this is as far as the door opens, [/i]
[i]inside basement bottome of door[/i]
[i]inside basement looking at door[/i]
[i]other angle[/i]
[i]bottom of concrete slopes toward the sunroom on the screendoor side[/i]
[i]molding problems plan is to put casing on [/i]
[i]inside frame[/i]
See attached pics
