Door frame replacement.

[tbeagley]

Hi all,

going to rebuild the bottom door frame in my front doors now that the weather is getting better, does anybody have any hints/tips as to how i should do this? Any previous experience would be helpfull before i dive in & make a mess.

Cheers,

Terry.

[SiWhite]

I recently replaced door frames in full.

Will send tips in the morning!

[steve-c]

I have the same job to do soon, any pic's and help / advise gratfully recieved. can you buy new frames or do you have to make them ?

Cheers Steve

[NicTheOrange90]

I had to do a couple of repairs on an ex MOD 90, got repair sections from YRM

http://www.yrm-metal-solutions.co.uk/015-door-repair-section-11-p.asp

Well worth it, but you have to be able to free the ally skin from the door.

[RustyNissanPrairie]

did both of mine, peeled the outer ali skins off and binned them, cut the rotten bottom rail out and welded in a new YRM section as per the link above, smoothered everyhing in full fat red lead primer and then applied thick pvc adhesive tape over the frame sections to stop galvanic corrosion. Bought and collected (as they wont post) new outer door skins from Craddocks, laid the over the top and then bashed the edges over the frame with a block of wood/mallet. Etch primed and then painted the exterior, filled the frame and inside of the door with waxoyl. Dead easy to do and took a day each to complete.

Should outlast me. Hopefully.