Method and apparatus for repairing and sealing door and window jambs, frames, and exterior trim
View Patent ↗A method and apparatus for the repair of door and window jambs or other exterior surface trim of a building and more specifically to the manufacturing of protective covers of a water and environmentally resistant material that are pre-dimensioned to fit all or a portion of standard and non-standard sized door or window jamb, frames or exterior trim using a unique preformed groove. The protective covers may further be included in a kit that provides for a homeowner to easily size the covers to the appropriate dimension and perform a repair.
1. A method of repairing a degraded jamb of a door or window comprising the steps of:
cleaning a degraded jamb;
sizing a protective cover having a base to a proper width by cutting along a preformed groove that provides a decorative element to the protective cover;
cutting a lower edge of the base at a 6 degree angle to provide for the lower edge of the base to be fitted to a door threshold,
snapping off excess material of the cover along the groove;
applying adhesive to the jamb;
applying adhesive to the lower edge of the base to seal the lower edge of the base to a door threshold to prevent precipitation from seeping behind the protective cover; and
permanently installing the protective cover over the degraded jamb.
2. The method of repairing a degraded jamb of a door or a window of claim 1 further comprising the steps of forming a rear edge, a flat surface extending from the rear edge and a right angle extension extending from a rounded edge of the flat surface;
dimensioning the protective cover to a length of a standard jamb and to a width of a standard jamb as measured from the right angle extension to the rear edge; and
aligning the right angle extension over a face of the degraded jamb.
3. The method of repairing a degraded jamb of a door or a window of claim 2 further comprising the steps of forming a left vertical protective cover by extending a right angle extension left from the flat surface;
forming a right vertical protective cover by extending a right angle extension right from the flat surface.
4. The method of repairing a degraded jamb of a door or a window of claim 3 further comprising the step of forming an upper edge of each of the left and right vertical protective covers at a 45 degree angle.
5. The method of repairing a degraded jamb of a door or a window of claim 4 further comprising the step of forming 45 degree angle at each end of the protective cover to form a horizontal protective cover; and
mating the 45 degree angle of the left and right vertical protective covers to each end having a 45 degree angle of the horizontal protective cover.