Door Repair

Grace Bible Church on S.W. 12th in downtown Portland. They have two sets of double-entry doors (4 doors total) with substantial fitting and weatherstripping issues. “Weatherstripping” is a…

…term that hadn’t likely yet been coined when these ornate doors were manufactured and installed. Numerous subsequent coats of paint & years of exposure to the weather can make for…

…extremely ill-fitting & operating doors. It might be noted that there are a number of folks who can install new door assemblies. Though tuning-up existing doors, there’s not so many.

So these doors are trimmed & fit to achieve optimum long-term problem-free functionality. All manner of damage such as divots, cracks & open joints are repaired by means of our hard-earned…

…expertise that has been decades in the making. The jambs are kerfed for a compression weatherstripping (Pemko S105D) product that we like to install for the top & outer-most sides of the doors.

After cutting the bottom of the door panels for proper clearance relative to the new thresholds we installed, Tony routes a mortise into the bottom of the doors for a Pemko Pile weatherstripping product (Model A372P)…

…that seats up against the top of the threshold when the doors are in the closed position. Here Tony nails the zinc-backed Pile with a specialized tool made specifically for applying a special weatherstripping brad.

Pemko’s 151D smooth-top … high commercial anodized-bronze aluminum threshold with chamfered edges should minimize the potential for folks tripping on their way down the stairs.

A very similar procedure, with the same Pile product, is employed down the strike-edge of the active door of each double-entry set of doors to seat-up against the inactive door when closed and thus seal-up between each set of double doors.

After all our cutting, trimming, planning and machining is finished, the doors are stripped and refinished by Mark Cole Painting, who came back after these photos were taken and also stripped and refinished the door-jamb & transom assemblies as well.