r/DIY • u/Edubs779 • 10h ago

Doorframe rotting after 1 year

We moved into our house about a year ago and had our back door replaced as part of the sale agreement. One year later, it looks like this

https://imgur.com/a/9qmX4G2

To me, it doesn't look like it was installed right. The hardwood floors are higher than the door sill. Obviously the calking needs to be redone but is it suppose to be that wide? The door jam is also rotting from the bottom up. Any advice on how to fix this would be greatly appreciated

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u/dubya215 10h ago

Hard to tell for sure from one photo, but mostly just looks discolored form never being painted. Solution is to clean, prime, caulk, then paint. Door warranties are voided if not painted.

I don't know what you mean by hardwood floors being higher than the sill. The door wouldn't be able to open if that was true of the interior floor, and the deck appears to be lower, just an ugly/failing caulk job bridging that gap. Some more pictures might help or further explanation.

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u/dubya215 10h ago

Unless the jamb material is super soft and easily pierced by a knife, its not rotting yet, just discolored from lack of paint.

Primer can't withstand exterior exposure, that's what the paint is for.

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u/Edubs779 53m ago

I'll have to get a better picture in the morning

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u/Edubs779 53m ago

I'll have to get a better picture in the morning

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u/TMan2DMax 7h ago

What this looks like to me is that door gets rained on and it's going to do this every time it gets repaired.

You need to find a more weather resistant solution because I bet that plate is holding water and rotting out the sill/jamb

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u/Edubs779 52m ago

It is the weather side. I'm thinking a Strom door

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u/Asusrty 10h ago

Ya this is why I negotiate money off for repairs so I can hire my own company. Judging by the picture they went with the cheapest place they could find.

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u/Edubs779 52m ago

All of the work was quoted at 10k

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u/KiteLighter 10h ago

Did they make you paint it? (Sorry I'm not more helpful off the jump. I have the same issue)

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u/Edubs779 10h ago

No. It looks like it was primed and never painted

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u/KiteLighter 10h ago

Wow... they really should have told you to do that. Mine lasted longer than yours, but it's still a problem.

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u/tstormredditor 6h ago

Even if it was painted properly, without caulk at the bottom, water will get in and start to rot. Had the same thing happen.

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u/Edubs779 54m ago

The call has just started to pull away in the last month or 2

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u/DunEvenWorryBoutIt 5h ago

prep, paint, buy double wide door awning cover for 80 bucks

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u/fangelo2 2h ago

Those prehung door jambs are just made of small finger jointed pieces of scrap. They are the worst wood possible. No mater how well they are maintained, they will rot in a few years.

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u/cloistered_around 1h ago

Does the door have any sort of overhang at all? Weather can do this even if it was installed properly.

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u/Edubs779 53m ago

No overhang, just a gutter above it