How To Repair A Panel Door

Leah demostrates how to repair a hole in a hollow core interior door using low pressure foam insulation and plastic wood putty.

How to repair a panel door. The repair is quick and easy. How to fix cracks in door panels without taking the door apart wooden doors will develop cracks over time especially if the panels aren t free to expand and contract. Remove the loose screw and drive a no. While holes in your doors or unsightly scratches might.

Many popular interior and exterior doors come in panel styles. Doors that won t shut or latch properly are annoying but once you diagnose the problem the fix is usually easy. Even if your door has been binding for years we ll show you how to identify the problem and repair it quickly and inexpensively. While they add character and aesthetic appeal to the door their real benefit comes in the ease of repair.

If you find that you can gently pry the molding loose remove the panel. If the panel is solid and the upholstery is just sagging you re in luck. Most of the time years of paint or caulking the seams around the panels will cause the wood to stick and not allow the panel to expand and contract with the weather. Sometimes door panels fit into a recess and have a piece of molding covering one side of each edge like a picture frame.

Before you get ready to repair anything press gently against the upholstery with your fingers to see if the actual panel is loose. While a solid style door will often need to be replaced a panel style door can simply have a new panel inserted. Hollow core doors are much cheaper and more common than doors made of solid wood but they are also a lot more fragile and prone to damage.