20/10/2026
Lock replacement & repairing damaged door holes like a pro! 🚪🔨
Replacing a door lock often leaves you with ugly gaps, old screw holes, or wood damage that the new escutcheon plate just won't cover.
❌ The biggest mistake: Simply packing soft filler into deep screw holes and screwing directly into it. As soon as someone pulls the handle, the filler cracks and the lock comes loose.
✅ The pro carpenter fix:
Insert glued hardwood dowels into the old screw holes first—screws need real solid wood to bite into!
Fill deep surface gouges using a tough 2-part (2K) wood filler so it never shrinks or cracks.
Block sand flat, apply exterior primer, and seal before final paint.
Save the door instead of spending hundreds on a replacement!
How do you tackle damaged lock holes—wood dowels or 2K filler? Let me know in the comments below! 👇
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Satisfying door repair, part real work, part AI-generated visuals....
