Press the form against the filler and attach it with screws.
Old wooden door repair.
Measure the repair area.
Or you can wait until the sagging filler reaches the hardness of soap and carve it off with a putty knife or chisel or shape it with a surform plane or rasp photo 2.
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Place the new block of wood over the area you need to repair and trace the outline on the surface of the door.
Our antique doors have been sourced by our reclamation specialists who find artifacts from the turn of the century and the pre war eras.
Lay the door flat on your sawhorses.
The door should now slide out from the hinges.
Depending on the location and extent of wood damage you may or may not have to disassemble the door to carry out a repair.
Most medium to large repairs will require at least two layers of filler.
Following the outline you created carefully chisel out the bad wood that you need to replace.
Then pull it off after the filler hardens.
Open the front door and lay some wood blocks under the bottom edge in order to help support the door.