It is A LOT LESS labor intensive to: 1. Square off the mortises with a chisel 2. Use a paint stirrer for the dutchman at its original thickness 3. Block plane the dutchman down to the exact thickness after the glue has dried
I saw many people say use the paint stick so I went and got some from Homedepot and Menards’ Both are a bit wider (right to left) than my mortises…. Any thoughts…? Also if I glue a Dutchman onto a veneer particle board door jamb would it even be strong enough to fill / glue then re mortise….? Or although extra work is it going to be better to pull whole jamb and replace the jamb on hinge side…?
I used to work in a door shop. We used auto body filler. It did a great job, and is easy to do: 1. Put a piece of masking tape along the door jamb edge to dam up the open edge of the hole. 2. Fill the hole with auto body filler (We used Bondo). Over fill the hole. Don't try to make it level. 3. After the auto body filler has hardened (but before it is completely hard), use a sheetrock rasp to remove excess body filler, but don't try to make it perfect. Leave just a little extra to sand down later. Skip this step if you don't have a rasp. 4. Sand the auto body filler to smooth it out. 5. Paint
@@acampbe75 I’m not sure. You may have a point, but I have never heard any complaints about it cracking. By the time we finished sanding, there is only a little bit of bondo left. And a lot of it may get routed away if the new hinge location overlaps.
I don't know if I have OCD or if I'm a perfectionist (maybe both) but I would've taken the hinge you removed and used it as a guide to cut the filler pieces. Then it was just a matter of gluing those suckers right in.
Every time I watch one of your videos I learn something new and i love it. You are one of my top go to's for how to videos. Also, you seem like a really nice guy. Thanks for sharing all you know with us!
This is exactly what I needed. We are replacing double doors to our bathroom with a sliding barn door and this was the issue I need fixed. Thanks Honest Carpenter!
@D Jaquith Thank you! Squaring up would definitely reduce some of the wood filler application. You'd maybe still need some just to hide the seam, but not too much
Very helpful video. I had removed an old and crusty screen door from porch. I found your video as it is next step in my project. However, I am thinking of using old hinge as template to cut out wood material for fill. 🤔😲
This is such a bad fix. you should cut the Door Jamb to fit the patch and not the patch to fit the Door Jamb. Use a Chisel to square the hole next time. TOH tips
Hey. Great video. Would it be possible to put a new hinge on top of this? Context: My super old doors have huge hinges on them and I feel like if I move them lower the hinge will be too low. The cut that the current hinge was sitting in is so messed up and I’ve tried filling it with putty and stuff but the door ends up coming off. Trying to think of a way of supporting the current hinge slot if at all possible. Thanks.
Why not just trace the hinge so youve got less to fill in later? In this case looks like 5/8 radius. You were right about the plastic wood drying fast. Ive used it for years but last week i used a full can. I swear it was drying way faster than ive ever seen it. It was almost too fast. Started skimming over immediately and trying to stuck to the surface and putty knife before i got it smoothed out. Good idea on the hinge fill.
Great video. Get a camera/phone tripod so you don’t have to do everything one handed. As a viewer I find myself talking to the video saying, “Put the damn phone down and just grab it with your other hand!”. 😂
Ethan - I've watched a bunch of your newer videos so it's a nice contrast to see one of your slightly older ones. I've been thinking about your video about carpenters being underpaid and that the amount of skill, creativity, and problem-solving in carpentry is equal to or greater than many white-collar jobs. I wouldn't be surprised to see carpentry and other skilled crafts make a huge comeback in the next ten to twenty years - and become as prestigious. A carpenter is part problem solver, part craftsman and part artist.
@Honest Carpenter Approximately, how much would repairman charge to repair right opening bedroom closet door to open left, near adjacent wall, please? Thanks in advance.
Filling bradly nail holes.. Get putty on thumb press onto hole.. after pressing curl thumb and excess gets lifted by end of thumb. Might need cloth to wipe off excess. Always wear safety glasses when operating a brad nailer.. those nails can ricochet in weird ways around obstacles... one even bounced backwards once. If nail goes all the way through a board it can hit behind and curl flying around the room. Turn cap backwards Safety glasses Mechanic smooth gloves
I trace the hinge over the repair patch and utility knife cut it. I leave the edges of the patch angled so that the wood filler easily fills the gap. Sometimes I chisel out the round edges of the jamb and square patch it.
Why wouldn’t you take a hinge, trace a line around it and then cut? That way you would have even less to fill. Also, you should have used automotive Bondo, because it doesn’t shrink like that wood filler u used.
what if you are just a homeowner that does not have a table saw and are not able to cut the filler pieces. Is there some other way to do fill and hide the striker plate holes
Old Timer I’ve also done full full-ins with epoxy and such things. Only problem is sheer amount of sanding dust created. For 8 mortises (including upper catch strikes) like this doorway, you wind up with a lot of airborne particulate, which always makes clients uncomfortable. I like Dutchmen in this case because they cut down on overall sanding required
@@TheHonestCarpenter yes i know on my project have to re drill holes glue some dowel rods insert in holes then re drill again pilot holes for the hinges, previous owners jerry rigged the jam driving screws in at 45° & he brought hinge plates down 1" so i really dont need to do the whole length of the hinge though just to backside edge of wood jam is cracked which i have to reglue then apply wood putty in remaining crack seems then sand & paint. Much work corrected lot of the previous owner shoe maker mistakes.
@@TheHonestCarpenter yes not only i have to deal with the hinge side of door to repair the opposite side the owner had 3 holes drilled into the jam appearantly he had 3 door lock knobs on one door & the trim has 4" regular wood nails driven into them so it is going to be a total replacement of trim & reworking everything on the jam with even a 4" long deep square hole into the plaster. I am going to paint everything white semi gloss over original stained wood do you use brush on everything or roller on some parts i was thinking good brush on everything being rollers give a textured look & on the other hand brushes can leave brush strokes within the paint.
@@BurtBowers What was this person thinking?! Nothing drives me crazier than unnecessarily long trim nails. I'd say you've got the right idea--pull the casings and start fresh. Just too much damage done to that current setup. Good luck with the project!
Your videos are great. When you have to replace the door pull on a pocket door and the replacement door pull is smaller than the original door pull; how to you remedy the situation you now have in that the hollowed out part of the door is showing? What do you do to fill in that space?
All of the molding in my home is natural stained walnut. After removing a hallway door I had a strike plate and 2 hinge mortises to fill, the paint stick works for my application the best.
My family and I just bought a house and I’m loving your videos to help me with some small fixes and projects. Thank you! While watching a boatload of the videos, I’m thinking to myself, you could of called yourself the “One Handed Carpenter.” 😉😆 Thanks again for the great videos!
Terrific video. Wish I knew this years ago. Any ideas on filling in around a hinge/hole that was cut too big? Maybe a bead of caulk smoothed and painted?
Really? After watching this video you want to use caulking? How about the wood filler he used in the video? Is no one capable of using their brains anymore?
I cut up a couple paint stirrers and used them for "dutchmen", and followed your directions from there. Worked great! (I did have to take a little more material out of the mortise, but not a big deal)
I am about to do this exact job. I was planning to use a paint stirrer since I don't have a circular saw. I also don't have a nail gun so was planning to just use little nails. Thanks for the info!! I will go get the plastic wood and should be all set now.
