Door swollen from rain and splitting apart

Ruski

the_matrix wrote: »

I would use clamps to hold the bar. Do NOT screw the bar it will look ugly. Instead use L-brackets underneath to attach to the door. You might need to take the door off. I'm not sure if you would want to do that though.

Not sure I'd agree with this

Glue and sash cramp - yes

Bracket to hold on the weather bar - no - water ingres will happen along the top of the bar as there's nothing securing it to the door itself and you'll be back to square one. Countersink, screw and fill the weather bar firmly to the door.

The most important thing here is to weatherproof the bottom of the door itself - I think you have already deduced that water seepage has occured and swollen the door.
To protect against this, the bottom of the door and any rebate there may be must be fully treated - i.e. prepped, primed, u/c'd and glossed.

This normally involves taking the door off several times - and it's a real bind, which is why so few people actually do it and wonder why the door swells at the bottom

HTH

Russ

Christyt

Thanks for all the replies.

I did attempt to paint under the door but it was done quite roughly I expect as I did it while the door was on! :rotfl:
But water was definitely soaking into the door down the back of the weather bar (which had been screwed on). Behind the weather bar had not been painted at all.
If I undercoated and painted behind the weather bar before screwing it on presumably that would eliminate a significant area of water ingress?

But seems like I'd still have to clamp and fill and fix one way or another.

I've seen a 90mm sash clamp on ebay for £15 which would just fit around door - (I think it's about 86cm wide). Not too bad I guess.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Cast-Iron-T-Bar-Sash-Clamp-/111261005432?pt=UK_Baby_BabyFeedingUtensils_EH&var=&hash=item19e7ac3678

Christyt

Hi all - thought I'd report back.

I've let the door dry out - dug out rotten wood and soaked in wood hardener and filled with ronseal exterior wood filler. Sanded , undercoated and final coated the original door. Then I've undercoated and final coated, twice, a new weather bar and glued it on using an extreme no nails glue using the glue to seal around the join. I've painted over all of this too.

It's working well with the little rain we've had lately but yet to see how it weather's proper sustained wet and winter weather.

I also took door off and painted under it - just one top coat but it's better than it was.

Thanks again to all who replied.

Here - hopefully you can see a pic of the slightly rough but hopefully functional final product
https://www.flickr.com/photos/31267686@N03/14556990234/in/photostream/