Fixing Hole in Door

johnmcdnl

Found myself locked out of my room when the key for my door broke in the lock last night so was forced to force the door in. My mate being the genius he is didn't take the handle of the door first before attempting to kick it and his foot slipped of the handle and did this



What the best way to go about fixing this - I found some "Rawplug Pastlic Wood Filler" in the shed and have some super glue as well.

How should I approach fixing this hole. Super glue should be ok to fix the crack beisde the lock and crack in the lower panel I think but the problem is the hole itself.

Would an approach like this be suitable and just spend ages sanding the "routered" part of the frame until it lines up ok? Always what's the name of the foam used in this video called so I'll know what I'm asking for in the hardware store?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4K233OoNfKk

paddy147

A new white primered door will coat you all of 30-35 euro in some builders providers and also in B&Q too.

johnmcdnl

paddy147 wrote: »

A new white primered door will coat you all of 30-35 euro in some builders providers and also in B&Q too.

Probably is the handiest way out and will work out cheaper in the long run and will give a far better finish than what I'd achieve anyways.

When you get those doors do they come with the handles already in place or do they come solid so you just have to chisel the hole out for the lock. I already have a lock for the door so it'd be as handy to just use that one.

paddy147

johnmcdnl wrote: »

Probably is the handiest way out and will work out cheaper in the long run and will give a far better finish than what I'd achieve anyways.

When you get those doors do they come with the handles already in place or do they come solid so you just have to chisel the hole out for the lock. I already have a lock for the door so it'd be as handy to just use that one.

You drill/chisel out the holes yourself...as there are many types and shaped of handles and loks out there.

The door comes as a blank.:)

homer911

I've fixed a door with less damage, but this one looks beyond reasonable repair. For indentations, I've drilled a small hole in the knocked in bit, tied a piece of string around the middle of a short nail and passed it through the hole, pulling on the sting to pull out the dent, then just snipped off the string and left the nail inside, sanded, tidied up with poly filla and painted..

dickwod1

I done the very same thing myself but I was drunk and the damage was much worse,

What I done was
-pushed through the damage to leave a hole
-got one of my half used tubes of silicone/panel adhesive and blobbed it through the hole to the inside of the other side of the door (trying to make a scaffold to stop the polyfilla in the next step falling out/down)
-once that dried I mixed up polyfilla and gave first coat but left it far short of whats needed
-few hours later next coat pollyfilla to the nearly right look, a clean filling knife and a tub of water for to keep a clean edge on the knife for the "routered" bit
- few hours later final coat paying attention to getting the look right
-the "routered" bit can be tricky but with this method it will look fine

Leave to dry for a few days and once painted you wont even see it.