Some builder fitted my front door and it's swollen slightly with all the rain we've had. It doesn't stick on the frame but it does rub against a screw head which is sticking slightly proud of the frame. This screw has no slots in it for the screwdriver. Any ideas on how to get it out?
Thanks
I thought screws without slots were called nails? :o)
Sorry,
John.
You can buy screw extractors. You drill a small hole in the scree head first, then replace your drill bit with the extractor bit, insert into drilled hole and run your drill backwards as the bit has a left-hand 'thread'. Quite cheap, but make sure you have a slightly larger drill bit while yer in the shop.
Centre punch the middle of the screw - this is important. Drill with a small, say 3mm, twist drill to about 10mm depth - take great care that the drill doesn't slip or break. If it breaks off in the screw you may be royally screwed!!
Then use an 'easy-out'
Alternatively, just drill out the offending screw completely, and then plug the hole in the frame/door and fit a new screw.
R.
"John Kelly" wrote
You could get rid of the head which would stop the rubbing (but might loosen the frame I suppose). Centre punch the head accurately and use a metal drill about 7mm dia to drill through head and remove - unlikely that the screw shank would be bigger than this.
Phil
Best tool I've found for these is a left handed drill bit. It rotates the other way to the usual, and it either bites and unscrews it, or if it fails to bit it just drills it out. Much better than those tapered things imho.
Tracey tools sell them - or if youre careful and determined you can even make one from a standard drill bit.
If you dont want to bother getting a tool, often you can just use a hacksaw to cut a slot and unscrew, or dig under the head slightly and apply a monkey wrench to unscrew.
NT
1 Drill off head of offending screw. 2 Remove other screws with screwdriver and move hinge aside. 3 Using mole grips on head of drilled screw remains unscrew. 4 Screw a new screw into the hole adding a little wood glue to the existing hole before 5 Refit other screws 6 Pour a pint of Old Peculiar, drink and relax while stating to wife how easy it all was, ;-)
Just knock it back in with a screwdriver and hammer if you don't have a nail punch.
If the frame feels loose, refix it with the methods suggested by any of the others here.
Oh wait, they haven't.
OK; come back when the posts reach the thirties.
Try hitting the screw in (unlikely that it will go though). If that fails, dont worry about a removal tool for the sake of 1 screw. Just get an 8mm drill and drill the centre of the head until it comes off (you may want to occassionally put some cutting compound, or oil if you havent any of that, onto the job so as to ease the process of drilling and allow the drill to stay sharp at least till the end of that job). The remainder of the screw will still be in, but you can fill the hole with filler. Then redrill another hole and put a fresh screw in just above/below the old one. Even with a removing tool its likely that the screw will break and be left in situe anyway, as damaged heads normally occur when lasy joiners dont drill pilot holes, causing the wood to either split or else swell back round the screw making it near impossible to remove without it just shearing on its thread. Calum Sabey (Newark Traditional Kitchens 01556 690544)
Why do you think professionals butchered it?
And why would removing it be different if it had been?
Mary
AHA! I see the flaws now......
Builder......Not carpenter. Professionals.....Hmmmmmm..........Where? Removing it.....If it had been an amateur then the screw head would have had " I was butchered by an amateur" engraved on it
;-^
Ah! Sorted, thank you :-)
Couldn't have put it better myself :-)
Thanks for all the advice folks. I'll try drilling it out and then putting another screw in just above/below it and then I'll take your advice with regards to the Old Peculiar
If you mean the beer, it's Old Peculier. That I DO know, it being a Yorkshire brewery :-)
Mary
whoops - sorry. I've got two bottles in the fridge and still can't spell it properly...
You haven't drunk enough!
Mary
Good point - I'll rememdy that one in a couple of hours :-)
I'm helping you rememby it... but with an Australian Chardonnay ...
Mary
In the fridge! Shame on you :o)
Alan
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