OK door guys. How do I fix this?

[Sparky]

I am renting from some not so nice people so I want to spend as little as possible. My kids did this slamming into the door so it is my fix.

[cjmore]

Short of doing it the right way, replacing both trim board and jamb...Bondo. Mix bondo fairly thick, I'd screw a couple boards to either side to form it up and I'd start with the lower half. Let it set up over night and them do the upper half. If you really want to get fancy put a couple short nails in the wood sticking out but below the final surface giving the bondo another area to hold to. Paint and it'll hold for inspection or until the next person kids the door in I mean "slamming the door in"

[WETWRKS]

That will buff right out

[ChunkyMonkey]

Post a gun free zone outside the door and you won't have to worry about the lock any longer!


Sorry I wish I could be more useful.

[Byte Stryke]

let your character reflect your actions...
does it matter that the landowners aren't nice? exactly what is the formula for that? Nice/damage=responsibility?

fix it right.

[griebel303]

I am no door expert, more of a weekend diy'r but I had an interior frame broke like that when I moved into our house. Depending on the frame, you might be able to get the piece you need from the Home Depot. They sell individual pieces of the frame you use to replace it :

http://www.homedepot.com/p/t/2020892...3#.UWiAz7WbNR0

http://www.homedepot.com/p/t/2031118...3#.UWiAzLWbNR0

They also sell just the flat piece without any trim on it for like $8, which is what I used. Pop the trim off the front on the broken side and then you get access to the nails anchoring. Saw those off and then you knock out the shims which will help with wiggle room for the top of it. Then saw any at the top that you can, where the top piece joins the side. Once you get that off it shouldn't be too hard getting the new piece in. A little bit of a pain to get just one side off the frame, but with a saw zaw and a drill you can make it look pretty good. Hope that helps a little?

[soldier-of-the-apocalypse]

DUH duct tape

[griebel303]

Solider of the apocalypse might be onto something here. Duct tape and white spray paint haha

[Sparky]

I was just referred to this site

http://armorconcepts.com/fix-a-jamb/#all/1/list

[generalmeow]

I was just referred to this site

http://armorconcepts.com/fix-a-jamb/#all/1/list

That doesn't look like a bad plan, but you'll still want to glue/nail back the piece of broken wood under it. And make sure you get the model with a latch and deadbolt cutout. And measure them to make sure they'll line up.