I think that interior doors, even the lightweight hollowcore Masonite type, should be installed with at least one long screw going into the stud at the top hinge.
It is certainly recommended and accepted practice for exterior doors.
So why is it that my interior doors don’t come with a nice little baggie attached to the prehung units, containing a screw or two?
It isn’t really much of a deal when the hinge finish is brass, but try to find a screw of acceptable length and head size when the finish is antique brass, oilrubbed bronze, satin nickel, etc., etc.
Furthermore, even if brass, often the only screws you can find in the length you need, have heads that sit slightly proud of the hinge.
There oughta be a law in the door jobber universe! Furnish the right screws for the job, with the order!
This rant follows closely behind my call, in a decidedly pizzed off tone, to my supplier of doors, all of which came with US10D (that’s oilrubbed bronze) hinges. Of course the screws are special-order. Of course I will be expected to pay for them. And what really pizzes me off is that they will probably be wrong, with either a length or a head size I consider unsatisfactory.
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mainly because the package of screws contain the crappiest screws I've ever seen, or used....
I had the same beef about SS screws on some hinges I recently installed. I put a long screw in each hinge.