Ram&Roo
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Hi all!
So far loving the Roo 23SS. Spent about three weeks and a few weekends in it so far.
However we are starting to see that the hinges on four doors are starting to come loose.
The pantry was my fault. Drove over 13 miles of dirt raod in Saskatchewan. Stopped and noticed the door was swinging and that probably cause the hinges to work loose.
Original screws wouldn't fit right so I went up a size so the threads would bite into the wood.
But the cabinet over the dinette, the one with the strut, came loose as well as the ones over the range fan.
Although the doors are advertised as being hardwood, the cabinet face seems to be more soft or even a press board material. Needless to say that after only a few months I not impressed with this.
Anyone else have this problem? If so what was your action/solution?
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Dan
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jrat
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More often than not "hardwood" means a veneer at best are more likely a hardwoodish finish. As for the dors, if the come loose while driving and swing back and forth - you're going to trash the hinges. If you do, stick old wood match sticks into the old holes with a little glue, break them off and reinstall the original screws. Also, I recommend putting baby safe latches on cabinet doors, this stops them from swinging all the way open and will save a few disasters - it has for me already, especially on the uppers.
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skipnchar
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Yeah that's the problem with engineered wood products. They're just not soft enough to allow them to swell and grip the screws. Best advice I can give you is to get some Gorilla glue and glue the screws before you put them back in. Good luck / Skip
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Ram&Roo
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Thanks Folks. I like the idea of the glue and matches. I'll give that a shot.
As for the baby latches, the pantry door I've already installed an additional fastener to keep it shut and seems to be working.
The other doors with loose hinges aren't swinging at all. Just coming loose. But I'll try to matches method.
Thanks again.
Dan
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Chuck_S
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I use stadard, kinda yellow color, wood glue and wood matches. I just went thru the lower cabinets last weekend and will hit the uppers on our next weekend out. Do not use power tools on these unless you want to strip them.
I just coat the match stick with glue and press it into the hole, then insert the screw to the tight -- but not stripped -- point. Seems to be working well.
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risingsun
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I used toothpicks in place of matches as I think the toothpick wood tends to be a little harder than the matchstick wood and thus holds better long term. I spent about an hour or two and did every hinge in the unit. Either way, the glue is the key...
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Ram&Roo
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All sounds good. Thanks again folks.
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Mousefart
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I had the same problem.
Matchsticks/toothpick and Gorilla glue wasn't helping.
Finally went out and got LONGER screws. If the problem still persists, I'll through-bolt the suckers in place!
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2009Roo23SS
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We use the big thick rubber bands instead of baby latches. Cheap and easy. We've never had a problem yet with the pantry door or the bathroom one which would not be double to put the rubberband around. We had a couple of loose cabinet latch screws and did the glue thing this past week and is on the list of honey-dos for me to just go ahead and do them all.
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