Fix Door Jamb Split

Pull off any small splinters.

Fix door jamb split.

A minor split may be cosmetic. Hopefully your not here because it happened to you. The kit includes 2 edge guards for 1 3 4 in. This kit is used to repair broken or split door jambs.

If your door got kicked in due to a break in the most important thing is feeling secure again. Serious splits in door frames. A door jamb repair kit will usually consist of a heavy duty strike plate and a door jamb metal overlay to hide cracks and reinforce the frame. Use a chisel and hammer to pry the door stop and molding away from the frame.

Door frame repair 101. But you may be able to fix this damage. The repair reinforcement plates include knockouts for a variety of deadbolt spacing. Well someone bashed through this door.

Carefully remove broken split pieces of wood from bottom of the side jamb. A split that affects the hinges or the strike plates is not just cosmetic. A cracked door frame can often deteriorate in time but can be salvaged when fixed with a repair kit. Inject glue into the crack with the tip of a glue bottle.

Use wood putty to fill the crack and paint or varnish the door as needed. Apply carpenter s glue to broken wood pieces and glue them back onto the jamb. In extreme cases the best way to fix both the door and the door jamb frame is a repair kit or a reinforcement plate. The dual plate design provides up to 12 gauge thickness.

Pry the crack or split apart slightly using the putty knife. This guide will help homeowners repair cracks in the door frame on their own and at a very low cost without having to replace the entire door frame. You can usually fix a kick in door jamb by gluing it back together. This video will show you how.

2 remove the door strip and molding.