How To Replace A Broken Exterior Door Jamb

Adding the metal backing and using metal screws to install the closer will help prevent a re occurrence.

How to replace a broken exterior door jamb.

This hole lops off the top of the damaged jamb. To remove the jamb i cut it in half at about the height of the strike plate and pry away the two pieces. So the best way to replace the side jamb is to remove the entire door assembly unscrew the screws pull the staples install the new piece after making the mortises for the hinges and reinstall the assembly. If your door got kicked in due to a break in the most important thing is feeling secure again.

Your first step is to remove the broken interior door molding and discard it. Remove the casing the moulding attached to the drywall surrounding the door and threshold if there is one now you can get to the jamb. If you are replacing the entire jamb cut away a section of the jamb in this manner and then use your hands or a prybar to remove the remaining sections of your door jamb. Pry it off with a small prybar slot screw driver or whatever you can wedge underneath.

Use a scrap of the door jamb to scribe the threshold angle transfer the angle to the door stop on the replacement jamb and notch the jamb. Drawing 1 shows the point at which i drill a 1 4 in. With a utility knife score the paint on both sides of the stop the thin piece that stops the door when it is closed. The door frame forms the fourth side of the rectangle.

If so you may need to replace it or fit it with a steel door reinforcer about 15 which wraps the area of the door at the location of the deadbolt and doorknob giving it more strength. Nail scrap pieces of 1 by 4 lumber around three sides of the damaged area. Hopefully your not here because it happened to you. Also remove the exterior brick molding which can be reused so be careful.

Slip the new jamb in place test the door by closing. Cut into the door jamb until you have cut all the way through the wooden pieces. Once you have cut all the way through you should be able to slide the damaged pieces of your jamb out easily. Here s how to repair just the split or broken frame area to look as good as.

Shim tight using solid plywood behind the strike plate and at the top and bottom.