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Repair and Caulk Damaged Door Jamb and Porch Columns

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What happens here

The presenter inspects a door jamb that was severely damaged by water splashing up before gutters and downspouts were installed during winter. The primer has been worn off, requiring sanding, re-priming, and then proper caulking. He then moves to the porch columns, observing large, uneven, and poorly smoothed caulk spots, and gaps that were entirely missed by previous workers. He demonstrates applying caulk to these columns, aiming for a much cleaner and more weather-tight finish. He criticizes the previous work as 'the worst caulking job I've ever seen in my life,' emphasizing the importance of a professional and thorough application, especially on a prominent area like the main entryway.

Goal: The presenter addresses a door jamb that suffered water damage due to missing gutters during winter, requiring sanding, re-priming, and caulking. He also inspects and caulks the porch columns, which show messy and incomplete prior caulking.

Tools and materials

  • Caulk Gun
  • Gloves
  • Paint Brush
  • Sandpaper
  • Big Stretch Caulk (White) Sashco
  • Exterior Primer

What they say

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right there. So, this right here, you know, this is um the carpenters installed the door jamb. This door jamb hasn't been cockked yet. So, this is going to need to be cockked right here. Due to the winter, uh water be before the down spouts and gutters were put on. Water was down here splashing up here. You can see it like absolutely destroyed the door, too. But this all the primer, it just wore the primer right off. So, we're gonna have to sand that and uh reprime that. Um that fill uh spackle um and coaul that. I'll give it to the um siders. You know, it was probably like it was below freezing when they were actually cocking this. I was out here, so I know um the caulking managed to still dry, but you know, your fingers are aching. I'm hurting. You know, you're caulking when it's freezing cold. So, that's not fun. But you can see how the caulking, they cauled it right here. And while it was raining and snowing and the caulking wasn't dry, so it got it all wet is actually washing it off under here. You can see it's kind of washing off. We get to the entryway. We want this to look, you know, really tidy and nice. all these seams right here. I want these to look a lot nicer, be filled in, and make it have a really nice, you know, seams. That is just one freaking mess. Holy cow. This is where paint does um wonders with covering some of this. And you know, but here they just put a big old smooth spot right on, you know, the wood grain and um all these are going to show up like really bad. This has to be the worst caulking job I've ever seen in my life. Um and I've been painting for a lot of years. Now we're back to the other side. So that's what it looks like. Um, what I'm going to do caulking wise

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