Fixing door hole

[rigirl]

Does anyone know where I could take a door to get fixed? You know those little metal door stoppers with the rubber end that are located on the hinges ? One went through the door and now I have a nice hole, smaller than a quarter size. The door is a hollow type, wood grain stain, bedroom door. Eager to hear your suggestions.

 

[somdebay]

Does anyone know where I could take a door to get fixed? You know those little metal door stoppers with the rubber end that are located on the hinges ? One went through the door and now I have a nice hole, smaller than a quarter size. The door is a hollow type, wood grain stain, bedroom door. Eager to hear your suggestions.

it's probably comparable in price to just replace the door than to have to fixed...

 

[bcp]

unless its a special order door, you can replace it for less than 50 bucks.

if its special order, then you might want to go ahead and just patch the hole.

 

[mrweb]

Does anyone know where I could take a door to get fixed? You know those little metal door stoppers with the rubber end that are located on the hinges ? One went through the door and now I have a nice hole, smaller than a quarter size. The door is a hollow type, wood grain stain, bedroom door. Eager to hear your suggestions.

Go to the hardware store...it will involve some mesh material, a bit of putty, sandpaper and a spot of paint. Any good hardware store can guide you through what you need to do. Go ask, they are always willing to help a rigirl.

 

[rigirl]

Thanks for your suggestions. I'll have to check out Lowe's, and get either a new door or repair tips. My worry is if I paint it, I can't imagine it will match the rest of the door. Oh how I wish it was one of those white doors.

 

[Suz]

Thanks for your suggestions. I'll have to check out Lowe's, and get either a new door or repair tips. My worry is if I paint it, I can't imagine it will match the rest of the door. Oh how I wish it was one of those white doors.

Listen to Mrweb. And if you paint rather then stain it, it will match. Of course that may lead to painting other doors in the same area. (I am assuming it is a hall door.) You probably won't be able to match the door itself. They haven't made that type in years. believe me when I tell you I have been there done that!!

 

[Dougstermd]

get a piece of shiny brass the size of a half dollar and stick it over the quarter sized hole with double sticky tape. fixed. Anybody that looks that close at the door should be kicked out of your house.

unless of course its your mom or dad you are trying to hide this from in there house

 

[bcp]

Lowes and home Depot still sell the hollow core wood finished doors. Most standard sizes are in stock.

 

[Penn]

Go to any hardware store and ask for a product called - J B Weld .

It's a steel/metal patching kit. Most likely they even sell aluminum metal patching strips, that can be affixed to the door - on both sides - if need be, using the same paste, J B Weld. White metal paint over the area when you're done!

An don you forget it!

 

[Charles]

Both Lowes and Walmart carry a disk that sticks to the wall and covers up the hole that is caused by the door knob colliding with the wall. It will look fine on the door and easily cover up the hole.

 

[Chain729]

unless its a special order door, you can replace it for less than 50 bucks.

if its special order, then you might want to go ahead and just patch the hole.

That's what I would do. It's not worth patching; I've tried fixing those doors.

Ex-GF was renting a trailer. Boy ran full blast down the hall and smacked into the hollow door. I patched it. Next day he bumped into it again and perfectly knocked out the new filling. He didn't hit hard enough to break the door- had it not been patched- just bumped it and knocked the filling out. I decided it wasn't worth fixing at that point. Same would probably happen if you patched it and it hit the door stop again.

Just be glad its not like the doors I have in the house. The doors are the originals from 1946. A few are broken, and the closest match I can find would cost about $300 a pop to have sent to me. Apparently, very few companies make solid wood- actual 1.75" thick wood, not solid core- anymore.

 

[Azzy]

:iseedeadpeople:

 

[Chain729]

:iseedeadpeople:

Somebody forget to take their meds today?

 

[RadioPatrol]

That's what I would do. It's not worth patching; I've tried fixing those doors.

Ex-GF was renting a trailer. Boy ran full blast down the hall and smacked into the hollow door. I patched it. Next day he bumped into it again and perfectly knocked out the new filling. He didn't hit hard enough to break the door- had it not been patched- just bumped it and knocked the filling out. I decided it wasn't worth fixing at that point. Same would probably happen if you patched it and it hit the door stop again.

Just be glad its not like the doors I have in the house. The doors are the originals from 1946. A few are broken, and the closest match I can find would cost about $300 a pop to have sent to me. Apparently, very few companies make solid wood- actual 1.75" thick wood, not solid core- anymore.

Might be expensive but the right "wood shop" - cabinet maker could probably patch, replace, broken sections - like a rebuild rather than a replace - the hardest part would be matching the old pattern in the square sections ....
I am Guessing there are recessed panels ?

My Grandma's house was put up in 1903, had a 2nd floor toilet supply line break when she was gone for a week, by the time she got home the living room floor was so warped a board had popped out ..... Insurance paid for all the walls to be redone, floors fixed ...... the guys did a fairly decent job .... what I liked to see was inside the walls .... real 2x4's, the old transom over the front door no one remembered that had been covered over with a front door change .... the old cloth covered wiring from 1920's hot and neutral run 6 inches apart in the attic in ceramic insulators ...... fascinating stuff

Sorry to Digress, I love working with my hands, and the old stuff is neat !

 

[Penn]

On second thought, just go to Lowes or True Value, and get a new door. They are not that expensive in the first place. Heck, we have more than a few carpenters on this site that could mortise the hinges in the new door for you, and for a six-pack, they'd fix you right up!

Just make sure the door is up and swinging before the six-pack is gone!

 

[Charles]

A door slab for a 2/6 door is $47. To mortise in the hinges and cut and install the lock set requires someone that has done it a few times. The total cost will approach the $92 a prehung unpainted door will cost. This does not make sense for a hole smaller than a quarter located next to the hinge. Patch the little hole with almost anything including spackling paste and install a $1.49 doorstop in the baseboard where it should have been to start with. It will strike a solid part of the door near the bottom.

 

[Dougstermd]

On second thought, just go to Lowes or True Value, and get a new door. They are not that expensive in the first place. Heck, we have more than a few carpenters on this site that could mortise the hinges in the new door for you, and for a six-pack, they'd fix you right up!

Just make sure the door is up and swinging before the six-pack is gone!

shiat for a six pack i would cut down a tree and wittle a new door

 

[Azzy]

Somebody forget to take their meds today?

SOMEBODY forgets to take their meds everyday


It's ok, makes life interesting

 

[baseballmom]

Meds are good!!! They can make it where you don't see dead people. I have a number to a really good doctor for you..

 

[Azzy]

Meds are good!!! They can make it where you don't see dead people. I have a number to a really good doctor for you..

I told you not to start with me.