How to fix this trim with a big hole?

The beautiful trim around our front door has a big hole in it from an old lock. When the previous owners sold us the house, they removed the lock, which popped the entire piece away from the plaster (see photos). How does one fix this? Do I need to find similar trim and replace this component/piece? Is there some way of spot fixing w/ wood filler (this feels too detailed to do this well, but maybe I’m wrong)? Some other solution? [Screen Shot 2021-02-14 at 5](//muut.com/u/brownstoner/s3/:brownstoner:nihp:screenshot20210214at5.13.35pm.png.jpg) [Screen Shot 2021-02-14 at 5](//muut.com/u/brownstoner/s3/:brownstoner:z1gw:screenshot20210214at5.13.44pm.png.jpg) [Screen Shot 2021-02-14 at 5](//muut.com/u/brownstoner/s3/:brownstoner:UMCL:screenshot20210214at5.13.52pm.png.jpg)

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stevecym | 4 years and 6 months ago

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John hancock is partial to things dutch – so i would not necessarily think that is the easiest repair. You can always call me but i will charge you a bit for an hour’s work. So saving you the trouble of having to deal with me, i will tell you what to do.

First, i need others to read this. The repair i am about to detail is not something we do when we restore entry doors. The repair i am about to mention is what we do for houly on site work or on interior doors. This kind of repair has not stood the test of time as these epoxies did not appear until the 1980s and did not become common until the 1990s/2000s. When we restore doors, we do what john hancock decribes above.

You can get abatrons wood repair epoxy from dykes, or mohawks epoxy sticks from abbott or order some jb weld wood epoxy from amazon. All of this is tickened, it is not liquid. If you want to mess with liquid epoxy, you can but mix it and thicken it with wood flour or saw dust to the consitency of play dough so it will sit in the void. Pack it in the wound, let it harden and sand it off.

While we do not do this on entry doors, we do it on inner doors and when we restore doors and remove those big old locks and the piece set in the casement, we use any one of these epoxies to fill the void in the casement and sand it to match the profile.

I did work for a man who found me on here two weeks ago. I had one day to do the work – all interior. And part of the work included these epoxy repairs.

As for john hancock. He wears wooden shoes.

JohnHancock | 4 years and 6 months ago

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You need a “dutchman” patch! Fill it with wood and shave it in shape with chisels and a plane. YouTube it, it’s fun and not that difficult. This old house probably has some youtube clips on this fix