How to fix water damaged door?

[DominicPI]

Hi All,

I am trying to fix these things on my bathroom door. I need to know the best way to address it.
 Images might help
Door top right

Bottom right and door board

Note: I have the Matching paint for door 

I need a simple way to fix this and tools I might need

[EricL · Accepted solution]

Hello @DominicPI 

Welcome to the Bunnings Workshop community. It's sensational to have you join us and thanks for sharing your question about your door and door frame.

Looking at the photos you posted, it appears that you've had some water damage on part of your door and door frame. Due to the severity of the water damage on the bottom of your door, I don't think it will still be possible to patch the damage. Part of the door frame could be removed and replaced with new timber, but the bottom section of the door has swelled too much.

I propose replacing your door with a new one, I suggest visiting your local store with your door measurements and asking the special orders team how much a new door will cost.

I suggest having a look at these discussions in regards to door and frame repair: 

• Solved: How to fix rotted door frame? by @muna 
   
• How to repair door frame rot? by @audzzz 
   
• How to fix rotten door frame in bathroom by @Fefe1578 

If you have any other questions we can help with, please let us know.

Eric

[DominicPI]

Hi, thank you for your quick response. I was looking at this link: https://www.workshop.bunnings.com.au/t5/Whole-of-House/How-to-fix-a-damaged-door/td-p/289966 . Based on that, my door should be fine, right? I am a newbie, so please correct me if I am wrong.

[EricL]

Hello @DominicPI 

It is difficult to tell how far the damage has gone into your door. If you are willing to try, I suggest cutting the soft part out with a Craftright 18mm Snap Off Knife. Once you have cut the damaged section off please post another photo so that we can see if the interior of the door has been damaged as well. If it has, it would be more practical to replace the door rather than trying to repair it.

Please remember to wear personal protection such gloves and goggles when working on your door.

Eric

[MitchellMc]

Hi @DominicPI,

I thought I'd just mention that if you were to go down the route of replacing the door, we have a convenient Door Installation offer that you might like to take advantage of.

Mitchell

[DominicPI]

Thanks, @MitchellMc, I will consider that as my priority for the second option. 
Appreciate all the assistance here.

[DominicPI]

@MitchellMc and @EricL 

Hope you experts can help me. I want a way to compare white (I know there are 100s many shades of white) with the door to make sure it looks the correct shade after it dries. Is there a better way? I don't want to cut my door, as I have already caused more damage, so I prefer a simple method, if available, to match the colour. The same applies to matching a ceiling paint as well. I want to match.

[JacobZ]

Hi @DominicPI,

The best method for colour matching is to take a paint chip in the store, so they scan it with the spectrometer and match it up.

An alternative is to head to the store, grab a variety of colour cards and take them home to compare with the paint, then select the closest match.

The other option, which might seem a bit strange, but would save you from causing more damage to the door, is to take it off the hinges and bring the door into the store with you so they can scan it. This might seem a bit silly, but it would work without causing further damage.

Let me know if you have any further questions.

Jacob

[DominicPI]

Hi @JacobZ 
Wont be doing last one, as that would be more trouble than a professional fix

I might be open to chip of the door from where it is already but I have ceiling that I am not sure how to take the sample off

I might try or at least start there, if you have any idea to take a better sample of the celling, lets keep the cutter to the celling as last option and look for alternatives.

[JacobZ]

Hi @DominicPI,

Unfortunately, there isn't really another option when it comes to the ceiling.

You'll have to either cut a section out using a utility knife and take it in store so it can be scanned, or take some paint cards home to compare. If you are cutting out a section to take in store, you'll only need something around the size of a 50-cent piece and you can just take the paper face of the plasterboard. Just make sure to wear gloves while using the knife to prevent lacerations.

When repairing the removed piece, you can skim the removed section with a filler like this UNi-PRO 500g Multi Purpose Interior Filler, give it a quick sand then paint.

In saying this, ceiling paints are usually just flat white paint without any tint added. I'd be surprised if a standard white ceiling paint like this Dulux 4L White Ceiling Paint wasn't extremely close, if not exactly the same.

Let me know if you have further questions.

Jacob