Repair of interior doors for various faults

Repair of interior wooden doors and any other business is quite troublesome. After all, it is necessary to do no worse than the original and this requires the correctness of the work.

Today we will tell how to repair an interroom door at different materials of production and various breakages. Also, you will be presented with a video in this article and photos on which you can do the work yourself.

Secrets of the effective and simple repair of wooden interior doors

After serving a person for many years faithfully and at one point, at one point, a wooden canvas of the interior door begins to rest on a piece. The door does not close, jams, ceases to perform its main function - to protect the person from noise and din in the adjacent rooms.

What happens to the door really? How to improve the situation and avoid repetition?

So:

• The tree, alas, has such a feature as high absorption rates. This means that the wooden door easily absorbs moisture from the surrounding space. Of course, this is not paper, but paper, as a material made from wood waste, demonstrates a characteristic feature - the ability to absorb liquid.
• If there is no exhaust in the kitchen, it is constantly damp outside, or the room temperature is low, the air humidity will be high. Even minor fluctuations in moisture performance are significant. Regardless of the outer coating that was used, the wood absorbs moisture and swells from it. Even steam from hot water, open in the kitchen or in the bathroom does matter.
• When the air humidity returns to normal, the tree begins to shrink gradually. As a result, the door frame is deformed. The problem is solved easily. Materials based on wood are used not only for the manufacture of doors, but also for the manufacture of furniture, as flooring, for example, and not only. This tree would have been abandoned long ago if the problem of severe deformation under the influence of moisture could not be solved.

Today ideal materials are invented, in terms of anti-corrosion properties. But man likes, nevertheless, wood.

Elimination of the deformation of the wooden door frame

The more years of the wooden door, the greater the deformation. Fresh wood may dry out for a while. It retains the natural moisture.

How long this period lasts depends on the type of wood and processing features. Usually, natural drying lasts no more than 5 years.

So:

• Mature wood needs good coverage because it increases the ability to absorb moisture. After serving a few more years, the door will begin to collapse. So it turns out that the duration of the service life most often does not exceed 10-15 years. Meanwhile, with proper care, modern repair (see Repair of wooden doors - not in a hurry to throw out the old door), the wooden door will last much longer.
• First of all, it is necessary to determine the area where the deformation is most severe - moisture is absorbed, distributed and evaporated unevenly. In one room the air may be more humid, in the other - more humid. In order to determine the source of the trouble, it is necessary to close the doors as tightly as possible and look at the gap between the loot and the main canvas. Normal distance can be considered less than 3 mm.

Note: It is worth looking at the area of ​​awnings. If the distance here is more than 3 mm, then the source of the problems should be sought from the opposite side of the box.

• You should check the canopy fastening, fixing strength. Self-tapping screws can be twisted by themselves, in this case they should be twisted. What to do with the deformation, if it is detected? There are only three possible solutions.

The easiest way to force the doors to close tightly

When the door closes completely, but for this you need to make an effort, you can improve the situation by shifting the awnings.

If you make the grooves, in which the sheds are located, deeper, the problem will be solved, the door will begin to move freely. This is not difficult to do.

It will take a chisel, a hammer, determination and accuracy. The door must be removed from the hinges, awnings unscrew and deepen grooves for a couple of millimeters. It'll be enough. Then you need to put the door in place.

A more difficult case requires more drastic measures:

• If the door is displaced to such an extent that it is useless to deepen recesses for sheds, you can change the stand of the door frame. It is necessary to remove the trim, completely clean the door frame, close the door and find the area where it does not close. This is where you need to change the rack.
• To fix the problem, you need a drill, punch. Using a drill, you must drill a hole on the inside of the hole. Now, using a perforator through the first hole, you need to make the second - at the end of the doorway.

• Next, between the wooden racks of the loot, you need to install a wooden bar, wedge them, screw the screw into the drilled hole. The spacer must be removed and checked to see how easy the door leaf closes.
• Most often, after the work done, the door closes perfectly and you can put everything in place, zapenit the gap formed. But sometimes this does not happen and you need to act even more decisively.

There is a cardinal method in this situation:

• The easiest on the one hand, the logical way to correct the situation is to simply remove the door from the hinges, change its shape, cut off the interfering areas. This is not to say that it will spoil something. Although such actions may disrupt the structure, its initial balance. Too changing the shape is not recommended, especially if there are decorative elements in the door leaf.
• A shortened door is a separate model in the manufacturer’s product range, a design variant. Trim the door slightly when it does not close - a good idea. Cutting off excess areas must be moving from the sheds. The cut will be more aesthetic, imperceptible.

How to return the wooden door beauty

Interior doors are an important part of the decor. If over time they have lost their attractiveness, of course, we must try to fix everything. Changing the door is not always beneficial.

Nevertheless, the restoration of coatings is a time consuming process (see. Restoration of interior doors: fighting back from time). Maybe it's time to buy a new door? The main thing is to calculate your strength, knowledge, skills, skills correctly, to assess the situation objectively.

Laminated door, veneered door - what to do?

Veneer - a great natural finish. Deciding to take and repair such a door with your own hands can be difficult.

Are there any chances to achieve good results? The main thing, perhaps, desire. Of course, you can repair the veneer door yourself, replace the decor and make it as good as a specialist.

You can always replace the door frame completely, but this is an extreme measure. You can live without doors too. It is interesting to repair it.

Laminated doors sometimes cause owners no less concern. It is easiest if the door is painted or varnished. Then it is clear what to do.

In other cases, questions arise. The surface is spectacular and makes an impression, but it’s scary to undertake its restoration with your own hands. This is a dubious enterprise, at first glance.

Although, if you think a little, it becomes clear that nobody will do it better than the owner of the door. You can, of course, find a specialist, a jack of all trades, who will gladly carry out this small repair or replace the coating completely. Each of these options is rational.

Veneer and laminated door repair with plaster problematic. It is necessary to act differently.

1. In order to hide the damage, it is necessary to attach a new coating to this area, cover it with a sheet of plain paper and heat it up with an iron.
2. Chips and cracks are eliminated differently. You will need a wax pencil. Buy it is not a problem, the main thing is to choose the desired shade. The pencil should be stretched in the hands and applied to the damaged area with a spatula. The wax should harden. After that, the surface must be polished with a piece of felt.

The most common problems

The final stage of the installation of a wooden door - adjustment. It is necessary to adjust the door before the gaps will be filled with foam. The most important thing is to find the distortion of the door frame immediately, if there is one.

• To find the bias, you need to close the door tightly. There should be no gaps between the door leaf and the loot.
• If they are, you should twist the hinges, check the door frame with a level.

After installation, the following problems may occur, the repair instructions below:

Repair of interior doors is quite painstaking, so you should never hurry. Video in this article and photos will help to do everything efficiently and quickly.