Hello.
Quick summary of my problem and hope you can help.
My flats front door is within a block of flats so although it's technically an external door it's still inside and hence not exposed to the elements.
The front door frame was kicked in from the inside, on the handle side, resulting in the whole right side of the frame moving out by around half an inch cracking the plaster wall to the side. Not sure if lime or gypsum plaster wall. The door then wouldn't close properly slightly catching the jamb, at the lock section, when closed each time. Over the weeks this slight catch pushed the frame further out mm after mm and is now at just over 2 inches out at the top.
The only way to push frame back in was to knock out a large section of the wall next to the frame to clear debris etc. The frame has a few wooden wedges(2-3inches long) inside(wall side) nailed on to act as a grip.
Overall it looks like a quick and easy construction maybe even a hack job and hence why the frame popped out in the first place. But then I am no expert maybe this is standard.
So I pushed frame back in but it wasn't fully flush and still caught the jamb, just. I used regular cement to patch the hole however over the time the frame just started moving out mm after mm each time I closed the door and is back to around 2 inches out at top, the cement just cracked. A real mess.
In hindsight I should have planed the side of the door at the lock and maybe could have avoided all this but I think the cement may have cracked anyway.
I now know about PVA, plaster, types of plaster, mesh, layering and finishing.
So could you recommend a plaster and give me some tips on how to secure the frame. The wall is essentially keeping the frame in place, or at least should be if done right.
I will need to hammer out all the cement leaving a hole around 0.4 x 0.5 with varyingly depths up to 0.2cm I think.
Thanks.
Quick summary of my problem and hope you can help.
My flats front door is within a block of flats so although it's technically an external door it's still inside and hence not exposed to the elements.
The front door frame was kicked in from the inside, on the handle side, resulting in the whole right side of the frame moving out by around half an inch cracking the plaster wall to the side. Not sure if lime or gypsum plaster wall. The door then wouldn't close properly slightly catching the jamb, at the lock section, when closed each time. Over the weeks this slight catch pushed the frame further out mm after mm and is now at just over 2 inches out at the top.
The only way to push frame back in was to knock out a large section of the wall next to the frame to clear debris etc. The frame has a few wooden wedges(2-3inches long) inside(wall side) nailed on to act as a grip.
Overall it looks like a quick and easy construction maybe even a hack job and hence why the frame popped out in the first place. But then I am no expert maybe this is standard.
So I pushed frame back in but it wasn't fully flush and still caught the jamb, just. I used regular cement to patch the hole however over the time the frame just started moving out mm after mm each time I closed the door and is back to around 2 inches out at top, the cement just cracked. A real mess.
In hindsight I should have planed the side of the door at the lock and maybe could have avoided all this but I think the cement may have cracked anyway.
I now know about PVA, plaster, types of plaster, mesh, layering and finishing.
So could you recommend a plaster and give me some tips on how to secure the frame. The wall is essentially keeping the frame in place, or at least should be if done right.
I will need to hammer out all the cement leaving a hole around 0.4 x 0.5 with varyingly depths up to 0.2cm I think.
Thanks.
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