Old Wooden Door Repair

Then pull it off after the filler hardens.

Old wooden door repair.

Depending on the location and extent of wood damage you may or may not have to disassemble the door to carry out a repair. The door should now slide out from the hinges. Our current inventory of antique interior doors includes entry doors cabinet doors commercial doors closet doors standard doors french doors and pocket doors. Place the new block of wood over the area you need to repair and trace the outline on the surface of the door.

Or you can wait until the sagging filler reaches the hardness of soap and carve it off with a putty knife or chisel or shape it with a surform plane or rasp photo 2. Open the front door and lay some wood blocks under the bottom edge in order to help support the door. Measure the repair area. Our antique doors have been sourced by our reclamation specialists who find artifacts from the turn of the century and the pre war eras.

Most medium to large repairs will require at least two layers of filler. Lay the door flat on your sawhorses. Remove the hinges by taping the pins upwards with the help of a flat head screwdriver. Following the outline you created carefully chisel out the bad wood that you need to replace.