Whats the best way to make a hinge squeaky?
One problem with trying to “make” a hinge “squeaky” is that someone who objects to it squeaking can just oil or spray lubricate it, thus removing the audible warning it was supposed to give. If you want reliable acoustic notification of a door being opened, take some lessons from the builders of Japan’s nightingale floors. 1) Modify a hinge so that movement of the door creates a noise that can’t be lubricated away. On a heavy three hinge door, you do this by removing the hinge pin of the middle hinge, denting the pin in several places with a centerpunch, and if the fit is still loose, slightly bending one side of the hinge flanges by tapping with a peen hammer, to take out all play, and even create a very slight bind. On a cheap hollow core two hinge door, it’s harder to make the hinges reliably squeaky, as the weak door will flex in bind, and the lighter door hinges typically used on these kinds of cheap interior doors are
