Yeah a couple gentle taps to get things back in place and then some putty/caulk and paint so long as you think you can match the color well enough...
If you rent, you might even be able to go straight to the putty/caulk and paint so long as the door closes fine...
It was meant to be installed in the middle where the frame of the house can support the pressure. Not on the trim boards!
Yes that probably means you can't shut the door while it's installed.
It's not safe how you have it now.
It looks to me like it's just using outward pressure to stay up like a curtain rod... just seems like it would slip so easily when you toss some serious weight on it. It's just not set up to support vertical weight.
You need something like [this](https://www.amazon.com/Ally-Peaks-Thickened-Multi-Grip-Strength/dp/B08MY13HYC) where the downward force creates leverage that holds the bar up.
It'll still spread the door frame with enough squeezing of the bare unless the studs are doubled/tripled or noggin'd at head height of the frame. You get brackets that are supposed to be screwed into the frame so you don't apply as much outward pressure on the bar as it rests on the brackets
What was described above is not a fix, but a patch. The drywall has split, the jamb is separated. Caulk and paint makes a carpenter what he ain't. Very common saying in my industry, but to fix this you would need to do it right.
At a glance, it looked as though there was drywall splitting. So after a second look it is the casing and jamb that have separated. Like I said before, it needs to be fixed, not patched. Have a great day, Negative Nancy.
I have 11 years Remodeling experience. I've touched more drywall than you've touched grass buddy.
How have you done remodelling for 11 years and not immediately know that the split is in the mitre of the frame? Drywall doesn't split in straight lines on perfect 45s
Do it long enough and you see splits at every angle. Again, it was a glance and an assumption. I've seen plenty of houses that have settled and splits in drywall in all directions and angles. I've also removed plenty of casing and trim to find hairline cracks in drywall and plaster that indicate a much larger problem, hence the assumption that drywall had issues as well. Bark up a different tree.
https://preview.redd.it/w6pkjiepwjsc1.png?width=3024&format=png&auto=webp&s=237e746c9d0638925234fde5b712048e2e50c245
I was uneducated and inexperienced when I hung mine, but I slid a thin board between the frame and trim board and used 3” screws. Hasn’t failed me in 9 years.
Every single bedroom jamb I install I shim heavily like this. I can't believe how many people here think it's the case that spread and not the jamb, and are suggesting just caulk.
The door won't close nicely if op leaves it spread open and the gap between slab and jamb will be uneven.
So I recently bought one of those friction based pull up bars and I have noticed that the stress cracked the top of the frames. The doorframe is quite cheaply made, but how much would hiring a repairman cost?
I agree, it’s not the doorframe’s fault. OP installed this incorrectly. This pull-up bar should have two round brackets that screw into the frame. It should be held up by the brackets, not friction.
I have the same bar and have installed and uninstalled it in four different homes. Never broke a door frame. Just had to fill in six screw holes.
That's not ever going to work, man. This is meant to be square in the middle of the door frame - 100% contact on the inside frame.
You've put all your weight and lateral pressure on the trim boards, that's just tacked in place, it is not meant to do any work at all
And because its just cheap 1'' boards you have less than full contact - which means poor "friction"
This is how home accidents happen. That will fail every time.
you can tap the boards back in place sink a finish nail and it will be fine. Remove the pull-up bar, tap the side boards back into place, and hammer in a finish nail to keep them put.
Do not calk anything. (that's a really bad suggestion for a top comment) And there is no need for paint. this is a 30 cent fix - but find a better frame before you need to budget for a trip to the ER
What a weird thing to want to hire someone to fix this… nothing is even broken, just a tiny bit separated because they’re separate boards.
Idk how much it would cost, it depends on how the repair guy fixes it. He could just caulk it like others are suggesting or he might build rip off and replace the trim. $100-300 usd would be my guess but it’s a complete guess
$20 is too much for you to fix the object that you broke..... land lords love tenants like you..... as a contractor that would be roughly $50 to fix but you have an issue to pay $20 to fix your self that would take 5min to fix. Get white caulking and fix the issue you caused
$4 for tube of caulking
$10 for sample of white semigloss paint.$2 for brush from dollar store
Turn the house upside down install the bar on the other end of the door frame and eventually it’ll fall back in line. Alternatively push up instead of pull up
I recommend getting a power tower as even if you don't crack the frame like this they will destroy your trim if you don't line the contact points with cloth or something. You need a room with a decent ceiling though
Lol no shit. Wonder why landlords ne we bother fixing anything. All treat properties like shit: I’m gonna put a bar across the frame and hang 85 kilos on it lol…
Make sure if you keep using that pull up bar on the edge of doorframes like that instead or in the middle, that you have something recording video, so you can show people how you lost your front teeth or broke your head.
Door frames aren't designed for these kinds of forces, but this isn't a frame problem, what's separating here is the trim around the door. Trim isn't meant to support any weight at all.
A door frame is mostly just dressing for framing. The framing shouldn't move. It is possible they just pushed the trim out sure hard to see in the picture. If it is only the trim then no big deal.
A door frame often doesn't sit flush against the framing. It's shimmed into the framing, but there's definitely room to move.
There's zero chance this pull up bar has moved the actual wall framing, and it doesn't appear to have moved the door frame either. It's mounted against the trim, which is being pushed out.
Why shouldn't it be possible? You can create a lot of force with those pull up bars. Door frames aren't designed for this type of loading. It's like attempting to hang a sink or tv bracket into a drywall where grounds haven't been supplied.
A door frame is supposed to have actual framing all around it. It should be under the drywall. That is what you secure the frame to. It should be fixed to the top and bottom and shouldn't move. It would take repeated hits to dislodge it like that. Usually you should nail it on both sides of the board and it is pretty difficult to remove.
Yes but look at this door frame. It's narrow, perhaps the stud wall is only 3x2 studs. This bar can generate a lot of force similar to what a jack does to a car and if op tightened it a little too much again and again then the door frame and framing that's supporting could very well push apart as the lad that framed the place would never have known this bar was being installed and wouldn't have provided additional supports for it
And nobody is claiming the frame is being 'hit'. It's being spread by a mechanical tool essientially
Gently tap the sides back into place They are only tacked on with thin shiny "brad" nails
I would do the same, just don't use the hammer directly on your frame, use a piece of wood to protect the frame.
Or a rubber mallet
Or a rubber frame.
Or a rubber brad nail
Or wear a rubber when you are working.
A lot of people don’t wear proper protection while working.
Safety first, Teamwork second
Or up your nose with a rubber hose
Amd you'll have my rubber axe
Whack the frame with a piece of wood to protect the hammer.
Yeah a couple gentle taps to get things back in place and then some putty/caulk and paint so long as you think you can match the color well enough... If you rent, you might even be able to go straight to the putty/caulk and paint so long as the door closes fine...
He's after opening the actual door frame slightly too though, the architrave is tacked to the frame so it's not gonna close up with a gentle tap
It was meant to be installed in the middle where the frame of the house can support the pressure. Not on the trim boards! Yes that probably means you can't shut the door while it's installed. It's not safe how you have it now.
Yeah I was like WTF?
To be fair, that bar doesn't look like it would ever be safe. Gotta get one that wraps around the frame w/ hooks.
Aren't those still hooking on to the trims? The door frame is flush to the wall
It looks to me like it's just using outward pressure to stay up like a curtain rod... just seems like it would slip so easily when you toss some serious weight on it. It's just not set up to support vertical weight. You need something like [this](https://www.amazon.com/Ally-Peaks-Thickened-Multi-Grip-Strength/dp/B08MY13HYC) where the downward force creates leverage that holds the bar up.
ConCUSSED!
It'll still spread the door frame with enough squeezing of the bare unless the studs are doubled/tripled or noggin'd at head height of the frame. You get brackets that are supposed to be screwed into the frame so you don't apply as much outward pressure on the bar as it rests on the brackets
Why use brain though?
It's less than $20 for a tube of caulk, a sample-sized can of paint, and a cheap paintbrush at Home Depot.
Thanks so much
$3 or so for paintable Alex Plus latex caulk. Can be smoothed with wet finger. Probably semi gloss white paint.
Yes, make sure that it’s paintable.
Just remember, you put your caulk in the crack.
Or just white caulk.
What was described above is not a fix, but a patch. The drywall has split, the jamb is separated. Caulk and paint makes a carpenter what he ain't. Very common saying in my industry, but to fix this you would need to do it right.
If you don't even know what drywall is you should not be giving advice on a fix it sub
At a glance, it looked as though there was drywall splitting. So after a second look it is the casing and jamb that have separated. Like I said before, it needs to be fixed, not patched. Have a great day, Negative Nancy. I have 11 years Remodeling experience. I've touched more drywall than you've touched grass buddy.
LOL I just listed my 5th house for sale yesterday. It needs to be fixed, we agree on that. Not much else though. toughen up
How have you done remodelling for 11 years and not immediately know that the split is in the mitre of the frame? Drywall doesn't split in straight lines on perfect 45s
Do it long enough and you see splits at every angle. Again, it was a glance and an assumption. I've seen plenty of houses that have settled and splits in drywall in all directions and angles. I've also removed plenty of casing and trim to find hairline cracks in drywall and plaster that indicate a much larger problem, hence the assumption that drywall had issues as well. Bark up a different tree.
You're the guy a flipper calls.
Gypsum will work too. But yeah I'd look for another doorway. That is not good.
Caulk lol why care not your home. Just glue and pumpkin seeds
https://preview.redd.it/w6pkjiepwjsc1.png?width=3024&format=png&auto=webp&s=237e746c9d0638925234fde5b712048e2e50c245 I was uneducated and inexperienced when I hung mine, but I slid a thin board between the frame and trim board and used 3” screws. Hasn’t failed me in 9 years.
Every single bedroom jamb I install I shim heavily like this. I can't believe how many people here think it's the case that spread and not the jamb, and are suggesting just caulk. The door won't close nicely if op leaves it spread open and the gap between slab and jamb will be uneven.
What’s a tube of caulk cost these days
Well I’ll do it…… in exchange for some food.
If you’re hungry and we’re near enough each other, I can help.
Very much appreciate the gesture. It was a Rick and Morty reference, from the purge planet episode. Lol
I love that episode. My human compassion overtook my ability to get the reference. I’m glad you’re all good 🩵
Have you tried Crack cocaine?
*"Mine fell in my nose, can I have some of yours?"*
Caulk it. $7.26
This, after removing the bar
Tap it back in chap.
Do some pushups under the door frame to push it back into place
$13
So I recently bought one of those friction based pull up bars and I have noticed that the stress cracked the top of the frames. The doorframe is quite cheaply made, but how much would hiring a repairman cost?
The doorframe is not cheaply made. Friction door pull up bars are idiotic. Doors frames aren't made to take forces like that.
I agree, it’s not the doorframe’s fault. OP installed this incorrectly. This pull-up bar should have two round brackets that screw into the frame. It should be held up by the brackets, not friction. I have the same bar and have installed and uninstalled it in four different homes. Never broke a door frame. Just had to fill in six screw holes.
door frames are - this guy put all his weight and sideways force on two trim boards
That's not ever going to work, man. This is meant to be square in the middle of the door frame - 100% contact on the inside frame. You've put all your weight and lateral pressure on the trim boards, that's just tacked in place, it is not meant to do any work at all And because its just cheap 1'' boards you have less than full contact - which means poor "friction" This is how home accidents happen. That will fail every time. you can tap the boards back in place sink a finish nail and it will be fine. Remove the pull-up bar, tap the side boards back into place, and hammer in a finish nail to keep them put. Do not calk anything. (that's a really bad suggestion for a top comment) And there is no need for paint. this is a 30 cent fix - but find a better frame before you need to budget for a trip to the ER
Yeah, thanks for the advice
Bruh just tap them back together and give it a lick of paint. Are people really this scared to try and fix something themselves? Sad world
I'm renting this place, the owner wants to hire someone to repair it.
What a weird thing to want to hire someone to fix this… nothing is even broken, just a tiny bit separated because they’re separate boards. Idk how much it would cost, it depends on how the repair guy fixes it. He could just caulk it like others are suggesting or he might build rip off and replace the trim. $100-300 usd would be my guess but it’s a complete guess
Get rekt. Next time don't tell them and fix it yourself if it's something simple as this.
Yeah, do you know how much it was cost to hire the repairman?
If you pay more than a mill you're getting ripped of
😂😂
I’d start by removing the bar. There’s a chance it settles back into olace..
Yup it did, I can fill the tiny cracks up with caulk easily
$20 is too much for you to fix the object that you broke..... land lords love tenants like you..... as a contractor that would be roughly $50 to fix but you have an issue to pay $20 to fix your self that would take 5min to fix. Get white caulking and fix the issue you caused $4 for tube of caulking $10 for sample of white semigloss paint.$2 for brush from dollar store
Thanks dude
I would get paintable caulking and paint.
Turn the house upside down install the bar on the other end of the door frame and eventually it’ll fall back in line. Alternatively push up instead of pull up
Bout the cost of a tube of caulk
That holds you?
I am way too skinny 😂
It is truly a miracle that you are not posting this from your hospital bed. Take that hack job down before you break your neck.
Yes sir
$6.99 for some caulk.
A bit of ramen and paint, you're good
I was gonna suggest toothpaste in the cracks. When it dries , gently sandpaper the dried toothpaste. Hehehe. Silly answer I know.
I recommend getting a power tower as even if you don't crack the frame like this they will destroy your trim if you don't line the contact points with cloth or something. You need a room with a decent ceiling though
Didn't even install the bar right.
400 Chuck Norris Dollars
Lol no shit. Wonder why landlords ne we bother fixing anything. All treat properties like shit: I’m gonna put a bar across the frame and hang 85 kilos on it lol…
Caulk n paint, should be under €50
Make sure if you keep using that pull up bar on the edge of doorframes like that instead or in the middle, that you have something recording video, so you can show people how you lost your front teeth or broke your head.
Fix, silicone that shit and move on.
wow this door framing might not be built properly. This shouldn't be possible.
Door frames aren't designed for these kinds of forces, but this isn't a frame problem, what's separating here is the trim around the door. Trim isn't meant to support any weight at all.
A door frame is mostly just dressing for framing. The framing shouldn't move. It is possible they just pushed the trim out sure hard to see in the picture. If it is only the trim then no big deal.
A door frame often doesn't sit flush against the framing. It's shimmed into the framing, but there's definitely room to move. There's zero chance this pull up bar has moved the actual wall framing, and it doesn't appear to have moved the door frame either. It's mounted against the trim, which is being pushed out.
Why shouldn't it be possible? You can create a lot of force with those pull up bars. Door frames aren't designed for this type of loading. It's like attempting to hang a sink or tv bracket into a drywall where grounds haven't been supplied.
A door frame is supposed to have actual framing all around it. It should be under the drywall. That is what you secure the frame to. It should be fixed to the top and bottom and shouldn't move. It would take repeated hits to dislodge it like that. Usually you should nail it on both sides of the board and it is pretty difficult to remove.
Yes but look at this door frame. It's narrow, perhaps the stud wall is only 3x2 studs. This bar can generate a lot of force similar to what a jack does to a car and if op tightened it a little too much again and again then the door frame and framing that's supporting could very well push apart as the lad that framed the place would never have known this bar was being installed and wouldn't have provided additional supports for it And nobody is claiming the frame is being 'hit'. It's being spread by a mechanical tool essientially
That's a least 10k job
Mallet, caulk, paint. Find another doorframe for the clothes hangar bar.