Basement Door Repair

[froboy1965]

On one of my basement doors, the bracket that mounts to the inside of the basement door holding the gas strut has come off. It appears that the 3 self drilling screws stripped out the holes. I want to re install the bracket.


Without stating the obvious of just moving the bracket placement to a new location so the new holes are not in the same location of the old holes, does anyone have any other suggestions on putting back the bracket or a fix?


Thank you

[vseasport]

Either bigger diameter screws or screw anchors. There are a lot of different screw anchor configurations on Amazon

[n2zon]

Make a 1/8" thick plate to mount to the inside of the basement door, over the holes, maybe 3" x 5". Drill several (6-8) holes in it to mount it to the basement door. Drill three more in it for the gas strut mount and tap them for machine screws (maybe 10-32) where the screw holes are in the basement door.