How To Patch And Repair A Hole In A Hollow Core Door Like A Pro! EASY DIY Tutorial For Beginners!

ITEMS I USED:

SHOP MY ONLINE AMAZON STORE AND CHECK OUT ALL THE TOOLS I USE!

On This episode I'll be showing you How To Patch And Repair A Hole In A Hollow Core Door Like A Pro! EASY DIY Tutorial For Beginners!

DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ON YOUR HOME REPAIR OR DIY PROJECT? GET TIPS, ADVICE AND ANSWERS! BECOME A FIX THIS HOUSE MEMBER!

FOR BUSINESS INQUIRES SEND TO:

FIX THIS HOUSE
P.O. BOX 2511
BREMERTON, WA 98310
UNITED STATES

FOR BUSINESS INQUIRES EMAIL ME AT:

DISCLAIMER:
Videos produced by Fix This House are provided for informational, educational and entertainment purposes only. Please use SAFETY precautions when following the tutorials on these videos. Viewers doing projects at their own home are doing it at their own risk and Fix This House cannot be held liable if they cause damage to their homes or injury. Fix This House cannot claim liability with all applicable laws, rules, codes and regulations for a project. Always stay informed of your local building codes! Happy and SAFE renovating!

DISCLAIMER: This video contains affiliate links, which means that if you click on one of the product links, I’ll receive a small commission.

#Door #DoorJamb #Doorrepair

[jpascua]

Good job! Your method of using the wood shims, the expanding foam and the Bondo made the hole repair more structurally sound.

[ericglosby]

I have an easier fix. Fill the hole with expandable foam and let dry over night. The next day. trim the foam back to the thickness of the door outer shell. Fill the space with wood filler. While the wood filler is still wet, take an old brush and run it across the wood filler in the direction of the grain in the door surface. Once the filler has fully dried, sand lightly, prime and paint.

[TacticalTinkerer]

A simple way to replicate the wood grain is to scribe in the grain lines with a toothpick while the bondo is still soft. It takes some finesse, but is much easier than trying to do it after it hardens.

[abmoralesrosado]

I’m surprised these types of doors can be repaired so beautifully. Excellent work!

[guenetteworks]

Instead of epoxy putty, I use Durabond 90 which is a drywall compound with a hardener in it that is typically used for corners on drywall because it is a lot harder and more durable than regular drywall compound, but is still sand-able. I put the stuff on and let it dry a bit, then use a notched trowel with small teeth and drag across the surface of the putty to blend in the wood-like texture of the door. Works like a charm. Once sanded down a bit, primed and painted, you'll never never know there was ever a hole there.

[lottatroublemaker]

I was taught to use thick cardboard for this, to make a hole in it and add a string with a (wooden) match stick (minus the sulfur/red) fastened to it on the backside, so it can work as a stopper. This string can be pulled on without coming off before you cut the it (then the match falls down into the door and stays there). Glue was applied to the cardboard, which was fed into the hole, so it would be glued to the backside around the hole by pulling on the string for a little while. When the glue had dried, spackel («plaster»?) was used to fill in the hole itself (since the cardboard works as a support or scaffolding) and to provide the finish, then sanded before the door was painted. On a door like in this video, if you want a close to perfect result, you can use different tools to draw in (or more correct; cut out ) the texture that is missing, by filling in the lines that are missing. This shouldn’t be very difficult if you used ordinary spackel.

[lawnyc]

Nice. I would lay the door down when putting in the spray foam. That way gravity does not pull the foam away from the area you want to build it up in.

[sebastianguzman]

This was really useful, specially if it's a flat surface. Appreciate the step by step and explaining. Good one!

[peteteaokimosh]

Great for rental property and for your own doors if you want to spend the time for the details with a dermal tool. Great video

[mjpalmirojr.]

AND ANOTHER 1
YOU ARE A GREAT INSTRUCTOR. YOU MAKE EVERYTHING SO SIMPLE AND EASY 4 US ALL. 🤪👍

[organicvids]

I foamed and bondoed mine. Good job. I used paint brush to brush wood grain into bondo. Sanded it a bit. Painted all good.

[pcno]

Looks good. In fact, I think that looks good enough that you could have saved the door; the only real reason to buy a new one was the asymmetrical trimming on the hinge side, and even that could be fixed by shimming the hinge side and trimming the doorknob side. In fact, if you haven't already, you might want to do a video or two on trimming doors that are a little too big. I've made use of a number of doors that way, and it they last forever as long as you make sure there is enough wood around the edges. Stile&rail doors are a little harder, but with a few well placed metal fasteners, they can also be trimmed without leaving them in pieces.

[jacqjacq]

Tha k you so much! I've been trying to figure out how to repair two hollow doors for years!! This was so easy 👏

[Esiddik]

You have the most exotic how to videos in all of YouTube 🤣 the ugly truth of a handyman ! Thank you !

[jesusalfredomagana]

You did a good job, thank you for the tutorial, God Bless You

[markkleckner]

Very interesting, I use HardRock, when I do this. It cost less and is easier to work with, but it is always good to have several options and I thank you for that. God Bless!

[renostubbs]

That's a solid job man, awesome!!
Thanks for your time and skills

[davidtalavera]

Dude one of the best videos of how to, thank you for helping me! You earned a new subscriber

[fawstino]

my dog cracked my bedroom door in 2 places at the bottom along the edge of that detail. this was super helpful. THANKS!

[joanneyoung]

Artistically achieved a nice sound job. Nicely done .