Cooking Oil: Grab an eye dropper or a cotton ball and apply olive oil or any type of vegetable oil to the hinges. Use only a ...

Removing a door from its hinges is about as simple a DIY job as comes along. Yet more than one hinge pin has refused to budge even after employing a variety of tools and methods. If this has ...

Then bend the pin slightly with a firm whack. Reinsert the pin and check the results. If the door still won't stay open, do the same with the lower hinge.

Insert the pin: Tap the hinge pin in place, stopping about 1/4-inch short of full insertion to accommodate the spring. Test the door: Try leaving the door open at various points.

"I wanted to create an accessory that would make quick work of removing the pins from door hinges," said an inventor, from Laporte, Texas, "so I invented the DOOR HINGE PIN REMOVER. My design ...

Reinstall the pin by tapping it into the hinge with a hammer. If your door is large and heavy, you may need to repeat this with the next hinge pin to gain some uniform friction. Problem solved.