Rotting Garage Door

The main cause of rotted garage doors is water damage.

Rotting garage door.

Pull off any damaged wood that you can to make the repair. Insert the tip of a flat crowbar under the trim. Door jambs are susceptible to wood rot due to their exposure to ground level moisture. Tap on the back of it with a hammer to drive the tip in as far as you can.

In case you have had a plumbing accident water in your garage will move to your garage door. How to use epoxy on wood for repairs. Mix polyester wood filler or bondo wood filler and press it into the recess with a putty knife. Some garage doors are.

An old wooden garage door made of fiber board wood or other composite wood materials can become warp and receive water damage from years of rain and snow splashing and pelting its surface. The bottom portion of your garage door is most susceptable to this kind of wear which can lead to water damage and wood rot. Wood garage doors tend to absorb all the water and start expanding. Poke around on the surface of the exterior door using a sharp object like an awl or screwdriver to identify where the wood has rotted.

Then coat the rotted door frame area with wood hardener as shown. The jambs are vertical boards that form the side parts of the frame around a garage door. With time the wood frames and bottom starts rotting and breaking down. Pry on the crowbar to lift the trim and loosen it.