Cracked Door Jamb

The dual plate design provides up to 12 gauge thickness.

Cracked door jamb.

By the diy experts of the family handyman magazine reinforce the door jamb. A jamb reinforcer can repair the cracked jamb or stop the problem from happening in the first place. It s typically caused when something gets between. The repair reinforcement plates include knockouts for a variety of deadbolt spacing.

In extreme cases the best way to fix both the door and the door jamb frame is a repair kit or a reinforcement plate. In extreme cases the door frame and the wood around the door knob can both be broken and cracked. A cracked door frame can often deteriorate in time but can be salvaged when fixed with a repair kit. Repairing a door frame is a job that ranges from a simple fix to one requiring a little more handiwork depending on how the door is damaged and how you intend on fixing it.

In particular the side where the hinges fasten onto the door tends to crack or split in certain situations. Cracks on doors are everyday problems. Pull off any small splinters. If your door got kicked in due to a break in the most important thing is feeling secure again.

You can usually fix a kick in door jamb by gluing it back together. The kit includes 2 edge guards for 1 3 4 in. This kit is used to repair broken or split door jambs. Hopefully your not here because it happened to you.

Most of the time these repairs can be done with wood glue wood filler and a wood clamp. Carefully remove broken split pieces of wood from bottom of the side jamb. Insert the end of a putty knife between the loose casing on the doorknob side on the interior side of the door. Unscrew and remove the old metal storm door frame from the doorway opening.