Repairing a door frame

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Uh So I got a broken door frame here and I want to take you step by step on how to repair this. Uh So first things first is we need to remove the strike plates that are on the door. Um So I'm gonna remove these first and then I'm gonna replace these with some security screws later on. And I'll show you that later in the video. Uh So I wanna get the area prep so I can start adding glue and uh re laminating process for the door frame. So I'll remove the weather stripping that you see here. And then, um there's two ways you could do this so you could put glue like you see here in this paper. So I'm just kind of showing this trick. So maybe later on, you could find this useful in your home. Uh But there's two methods I use. So this is one method um to allow the glue to be inserted uh fully into that crack. Uh But in this instance, the crack is not like super deep into the frame because that frame is only about three quarter, three quarters of an inch thick. Um So I was able to actually just use uh the glue tube itself and press it to the surface and I was able to insert the glue into the crack. Um So it, it's not really needed for, for this one, but you could use it for that. And uh I noticed that the gorilla glue is a lot thicker than typical wood glue out there. Um So if you're gonna use that method with the paper, uh be sure to buy just regular wood glue because this glue is like pretty thick and, but I chose this glue for that reason though because um this uh gorilla glue works very well and stuff like this, these applications. Uh but if you do want to use that paper trick, uh try using just regular wood glue like that white stuff. So next, I'm gonna be adding glue to the rest of the crack and uh just to kind of give it a narrow, um, tip. I pinched it just a little bit and then I'm gonna be adding glue uh full into the crack all the way to the top. And um all the areas you see that are affected by that crack at all. Uh But damage I guess is typically caused by a couple of methods, either somebody kicked the door frame or the door got slammed too hard. Um And then it creates these hairline cracks, but this one in particular was actually a pretty big crack there was a whole sliver that came right out of the door, but I was able to fix it with the glue. So I just kind of uh really cake the glue into that area. Then I stuck the liver back in place. So you may notice that at the very end after I painted it kind of like a little depression in there, but that whole thing actually came out of the door frame. So, but I was able to glue it back in place because, um, I just wanted to make sure, uh, it just kind of left it the way it was. So here I'm adding glue and then wiping off the excess with the paper towel, uh, just to kind of stop it from hardening up, um, in those areas. So that way it's easier to sand it down after the fact. So here I'm gonna be adding some security screws to the door. Um, so I do recommend this for everybody's home. Um If you haven't done this, it's recommended you should do this because it helps, uh, having your door kicked in like that and also adds a little bit of added security for your house. So before I installed them, I pre drilled the holes that you see here, uh, about three quarter, three quarters of an inch, uh, through the white material. And then I took the screws and the plate and then I installed that. So that way it's grabbing into the frame material behind the door frame, the door jam. So here I'm gonna install both screws for the strike plate for the dead bolt. And then I'll just use the smaller screws in the back because that is, you know, just to hold it in place because the two in the front, they're, they're connected to the framing behind the door frame. And then here, I'm just kind of reinstalling the strike for the, uh latch set. And then if you see here the screw, if you adjust that little bit there, you could actually, uh, cause the door to shut a little bit tighter to the weather stripping. So it kind of snugs it back up again. So just a little trick for it to know about. And then here I'm just nailing some, uh finishing nails uh into the case of material just to kind of snug it back up again. So now I'm getting the jam material prep for paint and, uh, if you noticed I had actually taped up the strike plates, so paint doesn't get on it. So that way, I don't have to worry about painting carefully around there. I could just kind of like dab it and, and move the paint up. Um So now I'm using the paint kind of fill in the areas where uh, the crack was and then some of the areas where the door rubbed on the door frame as well. So I'm just kind of touching that up a bit and then in between the latch strike plate and the dead bolt strike plate, you could actually see the sliver where that piece of wood came out and I had to glue that in place. Uh So the repair didn't take very much effort to do this. It took me maybe about an hour, hour and a half in total just because I have to wait for the glue to set. Uh But total materials. Um I had most of these tools but just gonna need like wood glue, uh a little bit of touch up paint, some uh mat paint and then a couple of finishing nails and then the clamps itself. That's about it. So, here's before and after.