How to Paint French Door Wood Jamb

Router door hinge kit

By Gary Boutin

Supplies and Tools:  
Caulking Latex 
Compressor Hose 50 foot  

Door Jamb Kit  
Emglo © Twin Stack Air Compressor  
Extension Cords  
Porter Cable © Brads Gun and 18-gauge Brads
Porter-Cable ©Door Hinge Template
Porter Cable © Pneumatic 16-Gauge 2-1/2 inch Finish Nailer Kit Primed Finger-Jointed Pine Casing Molding
Reciprocating Saw
Scrapers (heavy blade) 
Wood Filler

George Baker is a used car salesman who live in Chino Hills, California in a studio cottage overlooking a golf course overrun by carts and flying golf balls. George is a tinkerer and he touches everything he believe that he can repair. He did mention that the door looked a lot worse than it does in below in fig.1 and he had tried to push the door and jamb into place. All door moldings and door parts were purchase at the Home Depot.

This post shows the nine steps on how to replace a damaged wood jamb and casing. 

Step 1: Fig.1 shows the door hinge wood jamb is part of a French door entrance, the damaged was on the lock side of the door and and needed a complete replacement. Additionally the wood jamb was split from the top to the bottom.

Fig.1 Door jamb damaged

Step 2: Fig.2 and fig.3 shows the double door hinge jamb needs to be replaced completely and the door and door hinge was completely removed.

Fig.2 Door jamb kicked-in

Fig.3 Door corner damage

Step 3: Fig.4 shows thick blade scraper holding the inside door molding away from the door jamb. A reciprocation saw was used to cut the corner of the door jamb and cut down vertically all the way down the wood stud. Cutting the nails as the saw made its way to the floor.

Fig.4 The removal

Step 4: Fig.5 shows the door jamb has been completely removed and the inside door molding was saved.

Fig.5 Door jamb removed

Step 5: Fig.6 shows the Handyman using a Delta Compound Saw to cut the new jamb and the hallways moldings. The jamb is on the saws and the molding is located on the left by the Dewalt Reciprocating Saw.

Fig.6 Cutting door jamb

Step 6: Fig.7 shows the installation of the new wood jamb being fitted to the wood stud. Use of a 16-gauge brad nailer to position it to the stud. Later use a Porter Cable 2 1/2" trim nailer was used to secure the door jamb to the wood studs.

Fig.7 New wood jam

Step 7: Fig.8 shows the exterior hallway Primed Finger-Jointed Pine Casing Molding that will be installed over the French door.

Fig.8 Primed pine 
casing molding

Step 8: Fig.9 shows the old door hinge was placed in the new door jamb. Above top right is a Porter Cable Router with a Door Hinge Kit that created an area where the router was abler to cut the hinges into the door jamb.

Fig.9 Door hinge installed

Step 9: Fig.10 and fig.11 shows the final application of wood filler and caulking to seal all the new door jamb edges.

Fig.10 White wood filler

Fig.11 Caulking edges

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