| Our dog (now gone) did quite a bit of damage to the bottom of our | sliders from chewing. I am trying to figure out how to fix this | without replacing the doors, or even if that is possible. Also, I | have a couple of rot areas I need to fix, and wondered whether or | not one of those plastic fixes would be better then cutting out the | wood and replacing it.
Jim...
The answer depends a lot on your skills and whether it's a painted door. Swingman (one of the regulars here) did a door repair job for a neighbor a while back that may offer some encouragement to rebuild the damaged section.
The doors weren't sliders; but I think you might benefit from seeing the photos on his web site - go to
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and scroll down about 1/3 of the page. A Google group search for door rot will provide access to the discussion that took place here.
-- Morris Dovey DeSoto Solar DeSoto, Iowa USA
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