Simple Door Frame Rot Repair

Repair your door jam rot without cutting or having to use any wood! This is a simple way to fix your door if it hasn't gotten to bad.

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[gigglefest]

I tired this and it worked great! So impressed and easy enough for someone with very little DIY experience to make a repair.

[yvonnerodriguez]

Tried it and worked perfectly. Thank you for taking the time to make this video.

[fritzmeynejr]

I heard your voice and realized I have been following all of your boat trips, etc! Great to see you in the early days. Great info.

[TheBigwhit]

Thanks man, I knew there was an easy fix to this. I have the same thing on are outside patio door. I knew my wife was wrong when she said we needed a whole door frame. Patch and a little paint and it'll be good as new. Excellent video!

[GrampaDenny]

Thanks alot, you just saved me a couple hundred bucks by not having to replace my entire door!!

[AbbieHoffmansGhost]

I've never tried the Elmer's before but I have had great success with PC Woody epoxy and PC Woody Hardener on door frames, window sills, corner boards, etc.

[warben]

Hi Trip, Nice tip on how to get the weather strip back in! I have used similar products before and they work just fine and save people a lot of money. Don't listen to all the negative comments that want to replace the frame or worse the entire door. That would be overkill.

[gregorygonzalez]

Wow! I have this same issue and was concerned that I need to replace the entire door frame. Great DIY video....This will save me some coinage.

[donnadamato]

Thank you! I did not know this stuff existed. Dear hubby is always so busy, I should be able to do this myself! Nice job on the video. Thanks again.

[OLCtv]

thanks. this should help me. my dogs actually chewed mine and I had a idea of how to fix it but needed confirmation. no rot just chewed.

[stevenmccain]

Thanks for the upload. I just did mine, waiting to cure to sand. Much cheaper than a new door for sure. I had some dog chewing and slight rot. I cut mine out 2-3 inches above the rot and made sure I was into good wood. I used treated wood for filler and used this epoxy to get the original shape back. Most of my voids were filled with treated wood. Also you could've used an oscillating tool with a wood cutting blade on it to get your channel cut out for the seal. It's also good for cutting out the rotted wood. I think you should've removed more of the bad wood but overall it was a good informative video. Thanks.

[MS-otcz]

Thanks for this video. I have a similar project I’ll need to do and wasn’t sure where to begin. This give me a starting point. It’s been a few years so there might be different products/methods but at least I know it’s pretty easy!

[lloydchristmas]

Tear down the house and start over as I'm sure it's the only way to cure the disease that will come from a simple rot at the base of a door frame! Many have died and houses have been seen crumbling to the ground from a partially rotten section of a door jam being repaired in this incomplete temporary manner. People freak the Hell out about some teetsy weetsy tiny imperfections don't they? Most people commenting will be dead before your repair will cause any real structural damage that can't be fixed in a 5-6hr span in a more complete sound manner. Absolutely fine for a temp fix or even a second time fix in 3-4 years...not a big deal and very cheap for those on a fixed income (more than 50% of nation). I like it. Did similar to my 75 yr old house on some Windows until I had Windows completely restored. Sometimes the problem at hand has to be put into perspective in relation to budget and overall actual damage. Do more vids and cause more people to huff and puff and shake their know it all heads in disbelief at the pure Hell your repair has caused. Bet that wood rot still hasn't made it past the jam and if so, it's about another hours work to just frame the whole door out again, big whoop.

[moniquebradley]

Thank you for this. I was able to save quite a bit of time and money. While mine does not look as nice as yours I am happy with it and feel the Elmers kit is a good product. Easy for a girl to use:)

[cspringer]

I used it and it looked fantastic. Couldn't tell it was a patch job. Soon after it look exactly like before.

[JD-iuvi]

Propylene glycol can be used to saturate the rotten area to kill any lingering wood rot fungus. Then use the liquid epoxy hardener to harden and further protect any damaged wood that may be left. Then use the epoxy putty to fill in the missing wood.

[alatinaa]

Thank you for the video, I just found about 2" X 3" of dry rot on my door jam and didn't what to do. I will follow your video once I get ready. Thank you

[TripSmith]

Your welcome! Thank you for the comment! For the rotten threshold, you can buy new ones at Home Depot or Lowes (composite ones that don't rot). Basically just remove your rotten one and clean up the area, figure out the correct position for the new one by setting it in place and closing the door(making sure it lines up), then just use some good construction adhesive and glue it down well. It's not to difficult.

[davesstuff]

Never knew this stuff existed. Nice job demonstrating it. Ignore the master Craftsmen in the comments.

[laurencarl]

Great video and thanks for the DIY tips. When I went to Home Depot, they didn't have the Elmers Damaged Wood Repair System but they had Bondo putty and hardener (2 parts had to be mixed) so I purchased that instead. I just finished the repair (after I scraped out all of the wood rot). I had to do it in several steps waiting in between or each patch to dry (3-4 minutes each time). I am hoping that my fix holds. Tomorrow I will sand it down, prime it and paint it.