How Do You Repair A Kicked-In Door Jamb?
Accidents can easily happen, especially to busy adults. It is easy to rush the kids off to school, run to the car for work and forget to grab your house key in all the confusion. A person might also have gone for a jog and left the keys sitting on the kitchen counter. In this situation, one’s choices are to either break a window or attempt to kick down a door. The latter of these two options may force you to repair the door jamb. Create a break in the seam that lies between the door jamb and the trim with a utility knife, being careful not to damage the paint on the wall in the process. Loosen the screws in the strike plate, using a screwdriver, and remove it from the door. Loosen the trim from the wall with a 5-in-1 painter’s tool. Pull the entire piece of trim away from the wall with a pry bar, taking care to not damage the trim or the paint. Pry out any grit from the cracked, damaged area with the painter’s tool. Create a rough surface over this area with 80-grit sandpaper. Prepare
