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the hinges weren't up to the weight
Check out how Charlie DIY did his hinges:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTN3EmLiYdg
(the rest of that series is also worth a watch)
In a fun revelation, it turns out a neighbour was throwing out the corpse of a hefty folding workbench they'd made from lumber and OSB. Looks hardly used but the hinges weren't up to the weight, clearly - will chuck some brackets on and we'll be in business.
More urgently, it seems that the place is ridden with some of the chunkiest spider friends I've ever seen. Mass murder may be in order but open to less aggressive options to evict them.