So (thankfully) I closed on my house yesterday!
Originally built somewhere between the late 1700's and the early 1800's (inspector guesstimated atleast 160 years old), the original stuff is amazingly square, incredibly level, and impressively worked!
The more recent bits, as I had expected, show a much lower quality. Which brings me to my current door situation. In changing the locks yesterday, one wood door was fine (though a few parts in the old handle were broken - took 20 minutes to get it off!), but the front door....
There are two cutouts - one for a handle and its accompanying cylinder, and one for the deadbolt, and its cylinder. The one for the deadbolt is slightly too small, so I'll just be widening the hole a bit more (no time yesterday). The opening for the handle, however, is a mess. There was a large brass plate covering the entire handle area, so I didn't see that beneath that, the hole was entirely too large, and looked like it was widened with a freaking crowbar. So, my first thought is to fill the hole a bit to get it to the size and shape I'd need, then repaint the door (I need to do this anyway).
This isn't really a long term fix, I'll likely replace the door next year, but this is going to really drive me nuts until then. Any tips/alternative ideas to wood filler?
Originally built somewhere between the late 1700's and the early 1800's (inspector guesstimated atleast 160 years old), the original stuff is amazingly square, incredibly level, and impressively worked!
The more recent bits, as I had expected, show a much lower quality. Which brings me to my current door situation. In changing the locks yesterday, one wood door was fine (though a few parts in the old handle were broken - took 20 minutes to get it off!), but the front door....
There are two cutouts - one for a handle and its accompanying cylinder, and one for the deadbolt, and its cylinder. The one for the deadbolt is slightly too small, so I'll just be widening the hole a bit more (no time yesterday). The opening for the handle, however, is a mess. There was a large brass plate covering the entire handle area, so I didn't see that beneath that, the hole was entirely too large, and looked like it was widened with a freaking crowbar. So, my first thought is to fill the hole a bit to get it to the size and shape I'd need, then repaint the door (I need to do this anyway).
This isn't really a long term fix, I'll likely replace the door next year, but this is going to really drive me nuts until then. Any tips/alternative ideas to wood filler?