Old Wood Door Repair
Fortunately traditional wood screen doors are designed to be repaired and when hardware or frames are missing or beyond repair there s a bounty of reproductions available to fit the screen door look from any era.
Old wood door repair. Our antique doors have been sourced by our reclamation specialists who find artifacts from the turn of the century and the pre war eras. Well give them the boot with this restoration trick. Using a flat blade screwdriver or wood chisel carefully separate the screen molding from around the frame opening. To repair rotted door frame first remove rotted wood with a 5 in 1 or other sharp tool.
Remove paint from the area you need to repair so that you re dealing with only bare wood. The most common repair that needs to be done on antique doors is usually patching old hinge gains and latch holes with a wood dutchman. Screens especially don t hold up forever eventually needing either a patch job or complete replacement. Measure the repair area.
How to use epoxy on wood for repairs. Minor holes and tears in window screening are also common problems. Priming end grain areas before reassembly is a good idea especially for exterior doors. Other rot prone areas are the exposed ends of door components since end grain cuts absorb water more quickly than surfaces parallel to the grain.
It s best to refill the holes with wood instead of glue so that a wood stain will look even and natural. Mix polyester wood filler or bondo wood filler and press it into the recess with a putty knife. Wood frame window screens can shrink while vinyl frame or aluminum windows can warp and move causing the screen joints to loosen. Take care not to break the molding while prying it off.
On this weekend workbench segment blake sloane of the rebuilding exchange helps ryan restore a sad old door without sanding stripping or any hard chemical. Olde good things is proud to offer a wide range of exterior and interior antique and vintage doors. Here s the easiest step by step process. Use screen repair tools like glue an awl metal thread and pre manufactured patches to patch a window screen in three easy steps.
Repair holes do you love the look of reclaimed wood or pallets but are old unattractive nail holes giving you holding you back.