Found a weird fix for cabinet doors that keep sagging

Spent 3 hours adjusting hinges on a kitchen set last month and they still drooped after a week. Tried a trick where I shimmed the top hinge with a piece of old credit card and it leveled them instantly. Anybody else run into this or have a better way to stop the sag?

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piperb9316d ago

Swear by the credit card trick myself! Did the same thing with a cabinet in my rental that would not stay shut no matter what I tried. I used a torn up grocery rewards card because I figured it was thin enough not to mess with the alignment too much. Worked like a charm and it's been holding for months now. Honestly those plastic cards are way better than the metal shims I bought from the hardware store that just bent and slipped out. Your grandpa's butter knife fix sounds wild though, I kind of want to try that on my stubborn bathroom cabinet just to see if it works.

johnson.daniel16d ago

Rewards cards are basically free hardware store shims with better loyalty.

paigep2017d ago

Ngl my grandpa fixed his with a bent butter knife 30 years ago and it still works.