My thoughts exactly. I don't understand why he didn't.

Customer didn't want that.

Good point and it isn’t perfect. I only had access to scraps of timber so I had to do the best I could with what I had 👍🏼

A very nice and satisfying traditional joiner's repair, but if you used epoxy resin, which saturates and seals the endgrains permanently, the biscuits and scarfing would not be necessary ...just clamp the joints accurately (with plastic wrap to separate the clamps from the epoxy) and water will never enter again. Epoxy-saturated joints are stronger than the timber they join, and replace dowells, biscuits and tenons in this application. (Softwoods like pine are a different case, as they are resinous and dont have lateral veins to enable good glue penetration). Also epoxy-coat the outer faces of the new timber and under the hinge recess. A modern boatbuilders repair, and not a bodge.

Great video

Thanks 👍

Water off a duck’s back mate 👍🏼

@@theoneoffworkshop Figured as much. 😀 'Quack' on!

Thanks and I totally agree. I have taken a lot of good from the comments and I am always open to new ideas and alternative opinions 👍🏼

Thank you. Keyboard warriors mate! 👍🏼

Thanks Mary, glad it’s helped and hi from the UK 👍🏼

Two rows of biscuits would have been better. Dominos would have been better still.

biscuits should have been put in the slanted part.

Thank you 🙏🏻

Other than your failed attempt at spelling “wood” I’m really not sure what difference it would have made.

Sure, there is a drain inside the cellar but maybe it’s not enough.

Thank you! Cheers!

I did seal the bottom and the back of the door but not caught on camera. It would have been a schoolboy error not to have 👍🏼

Thanks

Jonny Jobsworth here

Good point. The only reason I use biscuits is for alignment as the added strength is minimal. Once I’d aligned with the other biscuits I was happy with the finish so I didn’t add anymore. Will check that sand paper too 👍🏼

@@theoneoffworkshopCurious, if you didn’t use biscuits you’re suggesting glue only. Wouldn’t that be too weak?

@@srw_cricket2976 As always, the glue will be stronger than the wood itself.

All new parts of the door were sealed. I sealed the bottom off camera, hung the door off camera and did some sealing on camera. Hopefully no I can receive full forgiveness. Amen 😜

Could have.

@@jessiepooch FFS! It's a video about fixing a fucking door not an English language lecture at Oxford University. Is "Knobhead " acceptable?

Yes, and if you don’t believe me ask your sister 👍🏼

Haha so was I , glad I'm not the only one

Good point, I’ve never had one fail though. I also only had access to scraps of timber so I had to do the best I could with what I had 👍🏼

Correct.

Indeed I did.

I just repaired a door where they didn't.

Ceiling, the bottom of the door is a good cure for the problem after you have inserted a new piece of timber. However, I imagine that the cause of the rotting bottom of the door was that rainwater gets down into the bottom of the stairwell at the foot of the door and causes, the damage over a period of time. I hope the owner of the building takes some preventative steps, such as putting a drain at the bottom of the steps in the concrete pad. In Britain there is a saying an ounce of prevention is much better than a tonne of cure.

It's expanding glue.

Total nobhead

It was treated.

I am saving up for one 😆

Snowflakes mate, all born out of fear 👍🏼

💯👍​@@theoneoffworkshop

Your hope came true. He did just want a repair and wasn’t really worried about aesthetics. I know it’s difficult for the hard of thinking but if you read the description you will see that I used what was on site. There wasn’t anything suitable so the client said make do with what we had. Keep reading. Tally ho!

Cazzo

I love you 😘

Lacquer ain’t water resistant. Paint won’t hold up in that situation either. I’d wrap that door bottom in aluminum.

@@patrickperry6945 better yet I’d install an aluminium door and use that one for firewood.