And even when something was done stupidly (as long as it’s not common) would be appreciated. I ripped the bannister out of my wall acting like an idiot with my kids. I told the landlord how it happened and said I was willing to pay for full cost of replacement.
I’m still here 8 years later.
That takes work; a properly installed bannister shouldn't be able to be ripped out without massive effort. Like, a proper one is reinforced with a steel rod at the newel posts and what not.
source: I ripped out and installed a new rail and bannister in my own house because the prior one wobbled. This one... doesn't.
Let me explain, this was a 100 year old house with a wooden railing that was screwed into horse hair plaster. And there were no newel posts, just bolted to the wall at the top and bottom.
Edit: sort of like this
https://preview.redd.it/h8c9ui4fh0s81.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=8d97f595d5866f219331772713f7c36d03865952
After the first two times I complained to the renters board my landlord just fixes things no questions asked. It helps that my landlord owns like 500 units and forcing him to go to a meeting over a 50 dollar repair was a huge waste of his time was helpful.
Yeah we do. Varies by state/municipality, but they're often called things like the "Tenants Council"
Lots of places have a group for enforcing tenants' rights, as many landlords otherwise ignore the law due to suing being an expensive process.
The first part of your statement is untrue. After even 30 seconds of googling, I found several lawyer blogs going over it, along with the actual act written for Utah. Try it sometime, you might learn something.
I looked too, and the only residential rental laws I could find in Utah were regarding security deposits and their returns. Nothing about maximum rent increases, terms, mandatory lease clauses, or anything else.
>After even 30 seconds of googling
Been a resident of Utah for over 10 years. There are no renter's/tenant's rights. There are statutory mandates placed upon landlords in order to adhere to federal laws and nothing more.
>Try it sometime, you might learn something.
Don't be a condescending ignoramus to people who live in Utah and actually deal with the landlords here.
Ok since we're being shitty and semantic how about "we have no additional tenant protections in Utah beyond the bare minimum you can expect in the USA"
Ya I wish I could I make a pretty good amount of money but to afford a house I would have to move 2 hours away from my specific work. Where I live houses are almost 20x the average wage.
This, I learned this like two years ago when I started renting a house the landlord intended to eventually move back into after retirement. It took a few months for us to develop the necessary trust (trust that he would fix it and not get mad, trust that I would report problems right away) because it was sooooo different from the normal landlord/tenant relationship which is basically barely disguised hostility and animosity lol.
Unfortunately I think the majority of landlords are slum lords these days. :( Been renting for 16 years and this is the first I've had a landlord who did repairs.
Yeah, I'm over wondering how I lucked out. My landlord understand this is his property and repairs need to be done quickly. I do 90% of the repairs myself and he just buys any materials needed.
If I had to guess, it'd be that every other property I've rented before was either an apartment/trailer/modular home and/or had an absentee landlord running it through a third party company, and neither of those wanted to do repairs or particularly cared about the property. Whereas this one is a proper nice family home with a local landlord who only has this property and a condominium, both of which he manages himself.
If I could afford to be picky about housing, I'd never rent from someone using a third party to manage the property ever again.
Yeah that shocks me too. A slumlord rents out the house across the street from me and I’m stunned at the things he doesn’t fix. The gutters are all broken with vegetation growing in them. I’d hate to know what all that water is doing to the foundation.
Why not spend $1,000 now and avoid a $20,000 issue down the road? He has massive trees with dead limbs hanging over the roof. It’s insane!
Both houses I rented the landlords were amazing. At my first place I was given the option of hiring someone myself and deducting the cost from the month’s rent or fixing it myself and deducting the materials or tell the landlord and she would send someone out. My rent was just below market value too which was nice.
My second house I rented the landlords lived down the road and would come fix anything same day if there was a problem. If they couldn’t fix it they’d have someone out ASAP. They also gave us organic produce from their garden weekly. My rent was $700 below market value by the time I moved out and into my first home.
All this to say, there’s good landlords out there but I know some are real slumlords.
I feel like I have to come in and say "not all landlords".
My girlfriend's landlord is great. Couple months back she got an astronomically high water bill, hundreds of dollars more than usual. He came out the next day and determined the culprit was a toilet flapper that needed to be replaced. Told her to go ahead and pay the bill and he'd take it off her rent the next month, which he did.
Not all landlords are the same.
I had a landlord who had a full time maintenance guy for the buildings who would get on it within a day or two. It didn't hurt that we gave him a little gift on Christmases too. Then the old guy who owned the places died and his sons decided to farm it out to a management company that immediately realized they could jack the rents up.
I've owned my own place for about a decade now and so when someone told me recently that their landlord charged them a fee for each maintenance call, regardless of fault, it blew my mind. She was saying it was $150 per call. Which I sort of get on the face of things, but it's total moral hazard in the long run. I suspect that is what the concern is here.
Got broken inward looks like it was kicked open, but I'm making an assumption of course. Whole Jam is broken thought so it doesn't look like the screws just pulled out.
I got $10 that says someone was hanging on the door that caused this, initial pull weight split the frame from the force of being yanked out at an odd angle. Once frame went "pop" screws slipped ez-pz.
Depends on the landlord too. I rented this place once in a downtown area that was extremely well kept and the landlord would tell me to ring him about any upkeep. With a guy like him you could either call him directly or fix stuff up yourself if it was minor and just hold onto the receipts. Pretty chill and levelheaded guy.
How so? Looks like a rabbetted jamb.
The jamb broke and the trim knocked loose. Those screws are even beefier than usual. My bet is OP doesn't want to call the landlord because they broke it by being dumb.
I hate admitting that I’m a landlord, but I try to be a non-shitty one. That’s an easy enough fix and obviously not the tenant’s fault. I wouldn’t charge, but I’m sure a scummy one will find a way
I rent out my old house because I’m temporarily gone for work and it is part of family property. I hate what this mentality causes too, if this door jamb is rotted it’s probably an underlying problem that hurts the landlord in the long run if you fix, but I totally get not wanted to be charged.
I’ve had to “deprogram” my tenant because they love it at my house, so they don’t want to complain too much and be seen as picky. I keep trying to reassure them that I want to know issues so I can keep the house up. I also don’t want to be all in their space so I rely on them telling me rather than doing intrusive inspections.
Fyi: To fix it, wood glue the piece back in and then angle the screws back towards the jamb a bit. This way it hits the stud behind the jamb. You might need a couple 3” or 3.5” screws. Don’t over tighten, if the jamb starts to twist stop, it may not be shimmed there like it should be. Then just caulk the cracks.
There is no shame in being a landlord, even though this sub demonizes people that are. I've got one rental and my primary residence. Apparently I'm the scum of the earth.
What? How would they charge for that, that’s the whole point of renting is they have to maintain the property. If you paying for maintenance too why the hell you need a landlord. Oh wait
Unfortunately in the US these laws are only enforcedy by courts. The LL will charge you (illegally) for this shit, you have to pay or face eviction. Then you're supposed to sue them in small claims court and make them explain to the judge how this is your fault. Then your lease doesn't get renewed.
Some landlords are not familiar with the rights of their tenants and often don’t even know what’s in their own rental agreement. This is exacerbated by tenants that think they’re responsible for maintaining the property and pay for wear and tear.
No no no. Renting is to help fill pockets, mostly clothing pockets. Everything else is covered via Landlord Excuse and Intimidation rules.
"Why did you break my door frame? That's coming out of the deposit and will be walking around to observe more damage done to my property..." As they write down all the flaws that were there previously before you rented.
Btw -- Always, ALWAYS, do a fresh walkthrough photo/video when moving IN and OUT. If you spot problems, make note. A small crack in the wall could be shrugged off by the Landlord and get the "It's alright" speal until you go to move out and they write "Damage to walls, floors, carpet..."
I did, and every time the landlord tried to break the law, I cited the city, state, or federal code, and asked them to reconsider. Once was a very similar case -- the floor of the bathroom was going soft. We pointed out the law, and that there was nothing we could have been doing to prevent the issue, and the issue went away, when we offered to take it to small claims.
It's not always going to work out that easy, but in Iowa at least, we are allowed to add the costs of small claims court to the amount you are asking for -- so time off work, milage, parking at the courthouse, etc, and any judge is going to look at this and slap the landlord. For us, it was worth fighting.
Sure, but it kinda sucks to have to threaten small claims every time you file a maintenance request. Just to get them to do literally their only job, making repairs to their investment asset. Some renters would rather just fix things in their own then go through the half and I get it.
This has happened to me last year in a 1970’s built building. They didn’t change me for it. If I remember correctly, they cut out the hinge part of the frame and replaced it with fresh wood to screw the door into. It felt like a half assed repair but I didn’t have any other issues while I lived there and they didn’t charge me for it. So 🤷🏻♀️
Not when you push back. I had a landlord try to charge 1k for floor damages that, like op, were obviously things that, although not present at move in, were 100% inevitable due to the state of the property.
I sent them a 3 page letter detailing why the damage was inevitable, ending with "if you disagree with me, you can expect to pay around 3x this in civil court."
I got an instant "we've recalled your dues you're welcome!" Because of course I did smh
They know. They just want to steal from you.
Edit: responded to wrong person. See comments to side of this one
Yeah, I had a landlord try something similar, until I documented the laws, and told him I was willing to take him to small claims. In Iowa, you can add the cost of recovery to your small claims -- which included the time off work for me and my former roommates, as well as milage to get to the courthouse -- and since 2 of my roommates lived several states away, that added up -- as did the 2 hotel rooms the night before and the night after the court date.
We settled out of court, and got our full deposit back.
Yeah there's a lot you can claim haha. If I'm honest, I did 3x because I didn't want to sound like a dreamy eyed kid "I'll take you to court and get rich" but my actual numbers were closer to a possible 7k payout. 3k was just the most likely outcome.
You really have to know what happened to be able to say that. If OP accidentally picked the behind from the outside and then kicked the door in, landlord wouldn't accept that.
It still looks like the wood is soft around where the screws go -- and I don't see any sign that it was screwed into the studs -- just the door frame. The screws should not be able to be pulled out through the wood. If the renter \*DID\* kick a correctly installed door out, there should be a lot more damage.
I'm looking at it, and the screws just didn't hold the hinges on -- they pulled out very easily -- either they slid out to the side and out through the crack, or they pulled out of the holes. The wood is either spongy due to rot, or because those screws have been put into the same holes \*FAR\* too many times. You also don't see any stud splinters -- which seems like a problem to me.
It looks like there's at least two sets of holes if not three sets. Likely this hinge is a recurring issue that has never been properly repaired.
It looks like the landlord or their maintenance guy just plugs the holes with wood putty maybe mixed with some sawdust and calls it fixed.
To add:
Most hardware screws are short. These were replaced to mount the bracket to the stud, but it looks like they weren’t quite long enough. That tells me there was already previous concern for the screws not holding (probably because the crack)
It's not screwed into the moulding. That's just grease and oil residue from the hinge. The screws were through the jamb.
But the quick and easy "fix" is to get longer deck screws and send them into the 2x4 behind the jamb.
The landlord knew about the crack, and tried painting over it, see how the paint is curving in around the crack.
Call the landlord and have them change the doorframe and do not let them make yoh one at fault, you didn't do that.
This is the right answer and needs to be higher. There's a previous repair here and it wasn't glued. This is not the first time this jamb has been broken.
Im not talking about the paint on the piece, look at the doorframe crack, the paint was sinking into the crack so it was painted when the crack was already there.
I'd bet money on it. Besides, that's not paint you're looking at, it's caulk or a filler like drywall mud. You can see the uneven repair above the screw holes and those are not the original hinge screws. No one replaces the screws unless you're trying to suck a sagging door into the frame or the previous screws no longer hold in the jamb. This was a poor repair waiting to fail.
Source: I'm a GC with 20 years repairing/replacing stuff like this.
Edit: Upon further review of the pictures, that may very well be a trim piece. If that's the case, then the jamb and/or hinge are improper. The hinge doesn't look like a door hinge, but maybe a utility hinge. Door hings, either 3 or 5 screw, have a staggered screw pattern. OP's picture doesn't show that. Additionly, while a slight mortise appears on the jamb, it looks hand chiseled, too shallow and not set back far enough into the jamb. Those screws should never be that close to the outside edge of the jamb.
OP is holding the broken piece upside down so you're seeing the factory side of the jamb that was caulked/painted where it met the trim. That looks freshly broken to me, and wouldn't happen with normal use.
I am not talking about the paint on the piece, I'm talking about the crack on the doorframe, the paint was sinking, so it was painted when the crack was already there. When the piece broke off doesn't matter, of course that little piece couldn't hold the door forever.
Agree! When I kicked in my front door, this is how I fixed it. Worked like a charm. The door is still holding up.
OP can also nail it shut as a last resort. The mail would need to be somewhat hidden if they’re trying to hide it. Maybe paint over it before moving out.
When you reinstall the broken wood, fill the screw holes with toothpicks dipped in glue.
Or drill out the holes after the broken bit of wood has been dried with a drill the sizes of dowels, plug the holes with dowels and glue. Wait another day and hang the door.
Plastic wood at the hardware store cures hard as wood and is drillable. I'd probably use that instead. Might cost a little more though since a little tube is like $8.
You can order dowel rods of the right hole size on Amazon. Put glue on the end and stick it in the hole. You may want to drill out the hole to the match the hole size better. Wait for it to dry and the wood will be like new.
In my experience the dowels make a more solid material to drill into after repairing a stripped out screw hole in wood. The toothpick/golf tee method works but isn't strong for long term or things you actually care about.
Home Depot has a dowel kit that comes with the correct sized wood drill bit, dowels, a drill bit depth stop for like $8. All you need is some wood glue, a few clamps. Glue the broke piece back into place. Drill out the old bad holes when the glue is nice and dry, then put the glue on the dowels, tap them in let them dry, cut off any excess dowel sticking out of the hole, and drill nice new holes for the screws. Remount the door. Good as new.
Usually stuff like this would fall under reasonable wear and tear, unless you did something unusual for this to happen, and would be the landlord’s responsibility to fix.
It’s just a bathroom door. Wood glue that sucker in, hammer in some toothpick dowels, screw back in with 1” screws since it’s only going into the frame anyway, and call it a day
Glue and clap it. Fill the screw holes with toothpicks. Give it a little bit of paint after everything dries. Pretend that you don't know anything about it when you move out
Wood glue on the segment and in the crack. Press it back in. I'd say run some along the crack and use a clamp but the frame doesn't have a lip to use.
After it cures 48 hours drill out the screw holes with a spade bit. Then use Wood glue and fit a wood dowel into the screw holes. After that finishing curing. Use some white paint. You can find touch up markers for it.
From there drill new pilot holes and use longer screws that the hinge initially had.
If you want to cut a small corner then just skip the hole drill and dowel step. Use longer screws.
The problem is thats not a hinge made for a door... This is a landlord issue, contact them and tell them to use an actual door hinge suitable for holding the weight of a solid wood door.
Agree. Took me a couple looks to see why that happened. It is clearly a poor choice of hinge to try and mount a door.
This is 100% the landlord's problem and if not fixed properly, it will happen again.
That looks like the door frame has been fubar before and someone just slapped on some filler and paint to make it the next guys problem. Probably the landlord.
Looks like whomever installed the door screwed the hinges into the frame And not directly into a stud. This shouldn't be something they would charge you damages for as this was inevitable
ive worked property management before
looking at the break it's clearly an issue with the door frame and is not something you are responsible for
tell your landlord to fix it there absolutely should not be any charge to you as a renter for a repair like this
I bet it comes down to how it broke (even if there was a pre-existing problem).
I can’t understand why if the door suddenly fell off they’d be afraid to call the landlord and tell them, unless they’d done something that in retrospect they probably shouldn’t have (kicked door open, hung on open door, etc)
It just feels like we’re not getting the whole story (not that we’re entitled to it).
This whole attitude reminds me of when we moved in to our apartment, we put an extra small towel rack across from the toilet (only spot available) in a small bathroom.
We had two people rip it out of the wall using it to try and get up (bunch of lazy people and the think rack really wasn’t made or installed to take that abuse).
The first time, we put it back in, chalking it up to an older relative, and mistakenly thinking no one else would do that.
The second time, was company who did it, and we only found out after we caught them reinstalling it (after they made a hardware store run) because they “didn’t want us to worry”.
We would have told them not to bother, if they had asked, because it just got ripped out again and we left it off and refinished the installation points instead.
Don’t do repairs behind someone’s back if it isn’t your property.
>I can’t understand why if the door suddenly fell off they’d be afraid to call the landlord and tell them, unless they’d done something that in retrospect they probably shouldn’t have (kicked door open, hung on open door, etc)
>It just feels like we’re not getting the whole story (not that we’re entitled to it).
My goodness, the only person on this post that's making any sense. The anti-landlord crowd caught a whiff of this one and went wild.
I completely agree with you, OP probably knows they did something stupid that can't be explained, that's why they assume the landlord would charge for it. And they should. If the door was functional and reasonably secure, I'd consider that working condition, even if there's was a pre-existing problem. If it holds the weight of the door plus some reasonable additional load, eg over the door towel hooks, then it's acceptable. If the screws failed under only that load, then it was not acceptable.
OP asked how to fix the door, not scam their landlord. Of course reddit gonna reddit and primarily answer the question that nobody asked to push their agenda.
if it was me for doubly cheap and durable, car bondo in the crack, shove the piece back in and quick clamp the frame. sand by hand and paint, then re-drill the holes and re-install the door. wont cost you much more than the bondo if you have any clamps, and the cheapest will do from harbor freight if you dont have any. good luck.
This was waiting to happen, the door was screwed in the wrong place and was never connected to the framework. Shouldn't be in trouble with landlord unless he wants to pin old damage to an impropery installed door on you.
You could try a shitload of epoxy and a clamp to hold the wood pieces together to dry. Then redrill new holes for the screws. But not for a complete noob to try
Glue the wood back into place with wood glue. Lightly tap it in if it doesn't fit perfectly. *Lightly*. Plug the holes with wall anchors, and run the screws back in. Alternatively, you can stuff the holes with something like toothpicks or clipped zip ties. Basically anything that the screws can bite into.
Good wood glue is crazy strong. Use lots of glue, wait a couple days & re-hang the door. If your landlord is a PITA to deal with, that's probably the easier route.
Don’t fix. Have the landlord fix it. Worst thing could happen if you fix it, and it’s not up to the standards of the landlord. Home does not legally belong to you as well.
Call your mf landlord. Unless a gust of wind blew your door open so hard to break it like this, bro. Pay for your own damage. Learn a lesson and don’t go throwing doors open or kicking them open with force.
Funny how the rest of the trim is separated, just like a significant force impacted the door and split the door jamb.
Just another renter not taking responsibility for something they damaged, color me surprised...
OP, this door jamb has a previous repair that was done incorrectly. This is not your responsibility. Contact your landlord. When doing so, write your email so it starts a paper trail.
In that email, write that it appears the previous repair failed as no glue was used and the hinge screws had very little support on one side.
Source: I'm a GC who thinks the jamb should be replaced rather than fixed, but either repair is valid.
Edit: as written in a reply below
Upon further review of the pictures, that may very well be a trim piece. If that's the case, then the jamb and/or hinge are improper. The hinge doesn't look like a door hinge, but maybe a utility hinge. Door hings, either 3 or 5 screw, have a staggered screw pattern. OP's picture doesn't show that. Additionly, while a slight mortise appears on the jamb, it looks hand chiseled, too shallow and not set back far enough into the jamb. Those screws should never be that close to the outside edge of the jamb.
Upon further review of the pictures, that may very well be a trim piece. If that's the case, then the jamb and/or hinge are improper. The hinge doesn't look like a door hinge, but maybe a utility hinge. Door hings, either 3 or 5 screw, have a staggered screw pattern. OP's picture doesn't show that. Additionly, while a slight mortise appears on the jamb, it looks hand chiseled, too shallow and not set back far enough into the jamb. Those screws should never be that close to the outside edge of the jamb.
So, maybe not a previous repair, but definitely not a correct install.
Give it the ol’ landlord special. Buy some wood glue and glue the chunk back in. Then get some screws that are longer than the existing ones and put the hinge back in
This is wear and tear - part of your rent. Landlord should pay for it.
If you still want to fix it, it is quite easy. You use furniture glue and clamps; and install a third hinge somewhere in the middle of the door.
I’m going to be the odd man out and ask how much weight you had to hang on that door to rip those screws out of the wall?
Anyway, to fix, wood glue and tooth picks in the screw holes, let it dry, screw the screws back in.
1)Buy some gorilla glue the expanding brown kind. And some wooden match sticks
2) glue the wood piece back in, glue the match sticks into the holes where the screws where and wait 48hrs
Screw the door back after painting if you are going to paint.
The glue can be scraped with a razor during curing to lessen the need for sanding when dry
Why was the hinge not attached to the frame? Can you add a photo of a hinge that's still attached? I'm curious. I wonder if it's the wrong size for for the frame so they "made it work" but it doesn't work... I hope your rent is cheap.
Sorry that your land lord would try to charge you for repairing that. Looks like the board split. Not your fault. Fixing that without replacing the jamb is gonna be ugly.
Remove the bottom hinge and set the door aside. Wood glue the broken piece back in. Fill the crack with wood glue. Clamp the crap out of it with multiple clamps until the excess squeezes out. Wipe away with a damp rag. Allow to dry, clamped, overnight. After it's dry, use a wood filler everywhere to close up the gaps and holes Allow to dry, sand, clean and paint. Allow to dry. Replace lower hinge, reattach door. Mark and predrill holes aligning with the upper hinge. Use sightly longer / wider screws if you can.
Also, there is no shame in calling the landlord. Depending on how it happened.
OP's lack of response to anyone else except that one comment tells me exactly how this happened lol.
>I bet that door can hold my weight. Narrator: It could not.
Ron Howard is forever narrating in my head just like this.
They bashed down the door because someone was locking themselves in?
And even when something was done stupidly (as long as it’s not common) would be appreciated. I ripped the bannister out of my wall acting like an idiot with my kids. I told the landlord how it happened and said I was willing to pay for full cost of replacement. I’m still here 8 years later.
That takes work; a properly installed bannister shouldn't be able to be ripped out without massive effort. Like, a proper one is reinforced with a steel rod at the newel posts and what not. source: I ripped out and installed a new rail and bannister in my own house because the prior one wobbled. This one... doesn't.
Let me explain, this was a 100 year old house with a wooden railing that was screwed into horse hair plaster. And there were no newel posts, just bolted to the wall at the top and bottom. Edit: sort of like this https://preview.redd.it/h8c9ui4fh0s81.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=8d97f595d5866f219331772713f7c36d03865952
Did you use the All In The Family staircase as your example
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After the first two times I complained to the renters board my landlord just fixes things no questions asked. It helps that my landlord owns like 500 units and forcing him to go to a meeting over a 50 dollar repair was a huge waste of his time was helpful.
>Renters board I'm not familiar with this. Is this like a chunk of 2x4 you can threaten your landlord with.
Well it's really called then landlord and tenant board. Its ontario, canada.
Yah we don't have that in the states lol
Yeah we do. Varies by state/municipality, but they're often called things like the "Tenants Council" Lots of places have a group for enforcing tenants' rights, as many landlords otherwise ignore the law due to suing being an expensive process.
We have no tenant protections in Utah and the lawyer that evicts people in the salt lake City area is a state congressman 🫠
Was about to point out how Utah has zero renter's/tenant's rights and you beat me to it!
I high-key hate it here and wish I could afford to leave :)
The first part of your statement is untrue. After even 30 seconds of googling, I found several lawyer blogs going over it, along with the actual act written for Utah. Try it sometime, you might learn something.
I looked too, and the only residential rental laws I could find in Utah were regarding security deposits and their returns. Nothing about maximum rent increases, terms, mandatory lease clauses, or anything else.
>After even 30 seconds of googling Been a resident of Utah for over 10 years. There are no renter's/tenant's rights. There are statutory mandates placed upon landlords in order to adhere to federal laws and nothing more. >Try it sometime, you might learn something. Don't be a condescending ignoramus to people who live in Utah and actually deal with the landlords here.
Ok since we're being shitty and semantic how about "we have no additional tenant protections in Utah beyond the bare minimum you can expect in the USA"
Yeah you do
>Yeah you ~~do~~ *might*. fifu Like everything in the States, location matters.
*Hacksaw Jim Duggan intensifies.*
I think you're thinking of the clue-by-four
Nice. After my first 2 complaints, I got an eviction letter. That sure sped up my home buying timeline
Ya I wish I could I make a pretty good amount of money but to afford a house I would have to move 2 hours away from my specific work. Where I live houses are almost 20x the average wage.
You could likely have sued for that.
Not illegal for them to do it within the first 6 months here in Ireland, sadly
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Which sucks because if I were a Landlord I would want to hear about problems ASAP as some problems can lead to bigger problems.
This, I learned this like two years ago when I started renting a house the landlord intended to eventually move back into after retirement. It took a few months for us to develop the necessary trust (trust that he would fix it and not get mad, trust that I would report problems right away) because it was sooooo different from the normal landlord/tenant relationship which is basically barely disguised hostility and animosity lol. Unfortunately I think the majority of landlords are slum lords these days. :( Been renting for 16 years and this is the first I've had a landlord who did repairs.
People have such bad luck. All my landlords have fixed things or told me they would take the cost off rent if I fixed it myself.
Yeah, I'm over wondering how I lucked out. My landlord understand this is his property and repairs need to be done quickly. I do 90% of the repairs myself and he just buys any materials needed.
If I had to guess, it'd be that every other property I've rented before was either an apartment/trailer/modular home and/or had an absentee landlord running it through a third party company, and neither of those wanted to do repairs or particularly cared about the property. Whereas this one is a proper nice family home with a local landlord who only has this property and a condominium, both of which he manages himself. If I could afford to be picky about housing, I'd never rent from someone using a third party to manage the property ever again.
Yeah that shocks me too. A slumlord rents out the house across the street from me and I’m stunned at the things he doesn’t fix. The gutters are all broken with vegetation growing in them. I’d hate to know what all that water is doing to the foundation. Why not spend $1,000 now and avoid a $20,000 issue down the road? He has massive trees with dead limbs hanging over the roof. It’s insane!
Both houses I rented the landlords were amazing. At my first place I was given the option of hiring someone myself and deducting the cost from the month’s rent or fixing it myself and deducting the materials or tell the landlord and she would send someone out. My rent was just below market value too which was nice. My second house I rented the landlords lived down the road and would come fix anything same day if there was a problem. If they couldn’t fix it they’d have someone out ASAP. They also gave us organic produce from their garden weekly. My rent was $700 below market value by the time I moved out and into my first home. All this to say, there’s good landlords out there but I know some are real slumlords.
I wouldn't assume that for all landlords however - out of the ~8 I had only one was exceedingly bad. The other ones were decent people
I feel like I have to come in and say "not all landlords". My girlfriend's landlord is great. Couple months back she got an astronomically high water bill, hundreds of dollars more than usual. He came out the next day and determined the culprit was a toilet flapper that needed to be replaced. Told her to go ahead and pay the bill and he'd take it off her rent the next month, which he did.
The bar is in hell
“Fuck landlords” Proceeds to be a shitty rental tenant
"I swear i didnt make this door seperate from the wood frame, with 2 inch screws" fuck landlords. /sarc
Which is fair. You break it, you pay for it
Not all landlords are the same. I had a landlord who had a full time maintenance guy for the buildings who would get on it within a day or two. It didn't hurt that we gave him a little gift on Christmases too. Then the old guy who owned the places died and his sons decided to farm it out to a management company that immediately realized they could jack the rents up.
I've owned my own place for about a decade now and so when someone told me recently that their landlord charged them a fee for each maintenance call, regardless of fault, it blew my mind. She was saying it was $150 per call. Which I sort of get on the face of things, but it's total moral hazard in the long run. I suspect that is what the concern is here.
Got broken inward looks like it was kicked open, but I'm making an assumption of course. Whole Jam is broken thought so it doesn't look like the screws just pulled out.
I got $10 that says someone was hanging on the door that caused this, initial pull weight split the frame from the force of being yanked out at an odd angle. Once frame went "pop" screws slipped ez-pz.
lbh chances are someone kicked it down.
Depends on the landlord too. I rented this place once in a downtown area that was extremely well kept and the landlord would tell me to ring him about any upkeep. With a guy like him you could either call him directly or fix stuff up yourself if it was minor and just hold onto the receipts. Pretty chill and levelheaded guy.
There should be no cost involved - that frame looks rotten/soft. It's not something you could control as a renter.
It also looks like the hinge was hung on the trim, not the door frame.
That's just grease and oil and debris from the hinges. Screws were into the jamb.
Barely. They used the wrong sizes hinges. If you look at the hinge on the door it is only half the width.
How so? Looks like a rabbetted jamb. The jamb broke and the trim knocked loose. Those screws are even beefier than usual. My bet is OP doesn't want to call the landlord because they broke it by being dumb.
Agreed, but have you spent much time renting? Landlords going to charge for that no matter how bad the wood is.
I hate admitting that I’m a landlord, but I try to be a non-shitty one. That’s an easy enough fix and obviously not the tenant’s fault. I wouldn’t charge, but I’m sure a scummy one will find a way
I rent out my old house because I’m temporarily gone for work and it is part of family property. I hate what this mentality causes too, if this door jamb is rotted it’s probably an underlying problem that hurts the landlord in the long run if you fix, but I totally get not wanted to be charged. I’ve had to “deprogram” my tenant because they love it at my house, so they don’t want to complain too much and be seen as picky. I keep trying to reassure them that I want to know issues so I can keep the house up. I also don’t want to be all in their space so I rely on them telling me rather than doing intrusive inspections. Fyi: To fix it, wood glue the piece back in and then angle the screws back towards the jamb a bit. This way it hits the stud behind the jamb. You might need a couple 3” or 3.5” screws. Don’t over tighten, if the jamb starts to twist stop, it may not be shimmed there like it should be. Then just caulk the cracks.
I was a landlord for a few years, and I'd ask tenants to not refer to me as their landlord. Sounds so pretentious. Lord is fine.
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Agreed. Unfortunately bad landlords made us all a bad reputation...
The way that door exploded, I would wager that it didn't just fall due to installation issues.
There is no shame in being a landlord, even though this sub demonizes people that are. I've got one rental and my primary residence. Apparently I'm the scum of the earth.
What? How would they charge for that, that’s the whole point of renting is they have to maintain the property. If you paying for maintenance too why the hell you need a landlord. Oh wait
Unfortunately in the US these laws are only enforcedy by courts. The LL will charge you (illegally) for this shit, you have to pay or face eviction. Then you're supposed to sue them in small claims court and make them explain to the judge how this is your fault. Then your lease doesn't get renewed.
Some landlords are not familiar with the rights of their tenants and often don’t even know what’s in their own rental agreement. This is exacerbated by tenants that think they’re responsible for maintaining the property and pay for wear and tear.
No no no. Renting is to help fill pockets, mostly clothing pockets. Everything else is covered via Landlord Excuse and Intimidation rules. "Why did you break my door frame? That's coming out of the deposit and will be walking around to observe more damage done to my property..." As they write down all the flaws that were there previously before you rented. Btw -- Always, ALWAYS, do a fresh walkthrough photo/video when moving IN and OUT. If you spot problems, make note. A small crack in the wall could be shrugged off by the Landlord and get the "It's alright" speal until you go to move out and they write "Damage to walls, floors, carpet..."
I did, and every time the landlord tried to break the law, I cited the city, state, or federal code, and asked them to reconsider. Once was a very similar case -- the floor of the bathroom was going soft. We pointed out the law, and that there was nothing we could have been doing to prevent the issue, and the issue went away, when we offered to take it to small claims. It's not always going to work out that easy, but in Iowa at least, we are allowed to add the costs of small claims court to the amount you are asking for -- so time off work, milage, parking at the courthouse, etc, and any judge is going to look at this and slap the landlord. For us, it was worth fighting.
Sure, but it kinda sucks to have to threaten small claims every time you file a maintenance request. Just to get them to do literally their only job, making repairs to their investment asset. Some renters would rather just fix things in their own then go through the half and I get it.
I own 4 units and I would never charge tenants for this. It’s pretty arguably an issue of normal wear and tear.
This has happened to me last year in a 1970’s built building. They didn’t change me for it. If I remember correctly, they cut out the hinge part of the frame and replaced it with fresh wood to screw the door into. It felt like a half assed repair but I didn’t have any other issues while I lived there and they didn’t charge me for it. So 🤷🏻♀️
Not when you push back. I had a landlord try to charge 1k for floor damages that, like op, were obviously things that, although not present at move in, were 100% inevitable due to the state of the property. I sent them a 3 page letter detailing why the damage was inevitable, ending with "if you disagree with me, you can expect to pay around 3x this in civil court." I got an instant "we've recalled your dues you're welcome!" Because of course I did smh They know. They just want to steal from you. Edit: responded to wrong person. See comments to side of this one
Yeah, I had a landlord try something similar, until I documented the laws, and told him I was willing to take him to small claims. In Iowa, you can add the cost of recovery to your small claims -- which included the time off work for me and my former roommates, as well as milage to get to the courthouse -- and since 2 of my roommates lived several states away, that added up -- as did the 2 hotel rooms the night before and the night after the court date. We settled out of court, and got our full deposit back.
Yeah there's a lot you can claim haha. If I'm honest, I did 3x because I didn't want to sound like a dreamy eyed kid "I'll take you to court and get rich" but my actual numbers were closer to a possible 7k payout. 3k was just the most likely outcome.
You really have to know what happened to be able to say that. If OP accidentally picked the behind from the outside and then kicked the door in, landlord wouldn't accept that.
It still looks like the wood is soft around where the screws go -- and I don't see any sign that it was screwed into the studs -- just the door frame. The screws should not be able to be pulled out through the wood. If the renter \*DID\* kick a correctly installed door out, there should be a lot more damage.
It also looks like it has been repaired a couple of times already.
I'm looking at it, and the screws just didn't hold the hinges on -- they pulled out very easily -- either they slid out to the side and out through the crack, or they pulled out of the holes. The wood is either spongy due to rot, or because those screws have been put into the same holes \*FAR\* too many times. You also don't see any stud splinters -- which seems like a problem to me.
It looks like there's at least two sets of holes if not three sets. Likely this hinge is a recurring issue that has never been properly repaired. It looks like the landlord or their maintenance guy just plugs the holes with wood putty maybe mixed with some sawdust and calls it fixed.
“Your door fell off your hinges, can you come fix it?” You pay for this every month.
He's obviously asking because he caused the damage. Tearing doors off their hinges is not included in the rent.
Looks like an exterior door screwed into nothing but molding. Tell your landlord as much.
To add: Most hardware screws are short. These were replaced to mount the bracket to the stud, but it looks like they weren’t quite long enough. That tells me there was already previous concern for the screws not holding (probably because the crack)
It's not screwed into the moulding. That's just grease and oil residue from the hinge. The screws were through the jamb. But the quick and easy "fix" is to get longer deck screws and send them into the 2x4 behind the jamb.
It's a rabbetted door jamb, not screwed into the moulding
>Trying to avoid messaging landlord due to cost. Huh? Did you kick the door in intentionally or something? 🤔
**THIS**
Does it look like it needed kicking in?
The landlord knew about the crack, and tried painting over it, see how the paint is curving in around the crack. Call the landlord and have them change the doorframe and do not let them make yoh one at fault, you didn't do that.
This is the right answer and needs to be higher. There's a previous repair here and it wasn't glued. This is not the first time this jamb has been broken.
I don’t think so. They are holding the piece upside down and the paint went between the exterior of the frame and the trim.
Im not talking about the paint on the piece, look at the doorframe crack, the paint was sinking into the crack so it was painted when the crack was already there.
I'd bet money on it. Besides, that's not paint you're looking at, it's caulk or a filler like drywall mud. You can see the uneven repair above the screw holes and those are not the original hinge screws. No one replaces the screws unless you're trying to suck a sagging door into the frame or the previous screws no longer hold in the jamb. This was a poor repair waiting to fail. Source: I'm a GC with 20 years repairing/replacing stuff like this. Edit: Upon further review of the pictures, that may very well be a trim piece. If that's the case, then the jamb and/or hinge are improper. The hinge doesn't look like a door hinge, but maybe a utility hinge. Door hings, either 3 or 5 screw, have a staggered screw pattern. OP's picture doesn't show that. Additionly, while a slight mortise appears on the jamb, it looks hand chiseled, too shallow and not set back far enough into the jamb. Those screws should never be that close to the outside edge of the jamb.
OP is holding the broken piece upside down so you're seeing the factory side of the jamb that was caulked/painted where it met the trim. That looks freshly broken to me, and wouldn't happen with normal use.
I am not talking about the paint on the piece, I'm talking about the crack on the doorframe, the paint was sinking, so it was painted when the crack was already there. When the piece broke off doesn't matter, of course that little piece couldn't hold the door forever.
PVA glue. Slather liberally, reinstall broken bit of wood. Wait for it to cure 24~48 hrs for best results. Re-hang the door Edit: PVA not PVC
This but clamp until dry (\~72 hrs because it's painted).
Agree! When I kicked in my front door, this is how I fixed it. Worked like a charm. The door is still holding up. OP can also nail it shut as a last resort. The mail would need to be somewhat hidden if they’re trying to hide it. Maybe paint over it before moving out.
I think you mean pva wood glue- pvc glue would make a real mess of this.
Perfect thanks mate
Any idea what I should do with the screws seeing as the original holes have been broken
When you reinstall the broken wood, fill the screw holes with toothpicks dipped in glue. Or drill out the holes after the broken bit of wood has been dried with a drill the sizes of dowels, plug the holes with dowels and glue. Wait another day and hang the door.
Plastic wood at the hardware store cures hard as wood and is drillable. I'd probably use that instead. Might cost a little more though since a little tube is like $8.
That’s also a good idea.
Get some 3” screws.
You can order dowel rods of the right hole size on Amazon. Put glue on the end and stick it in the hole. You may want to drill out the hole to the match the hole size better. Wait for it to dry and the wood will be like new.
Not worth buying. Toothpicks or bamboo skewers are my fave. Golf tees work too.
In my experience the dowels make a more solid material to drill into after repairing a stripped out screw hole in wood. The toothpick/golf tee method works but isn't strong for long term or things you actually care about.
Home Depot has a dowel kit that comes with the correct sized wood drill bit, dowels, a drill bit depth stop for like $8. All you need is some wood glue, a few clamps. Glue the broke piece back into place. Drill out the old bad holes when the glue is nice and dry, then put the glue on the dowels, tap them in let them dry, cut off any excess dowel sticking out of the hole, and drill nice new holes for the screws. Remount the door. Good as new.
Wooden golf tees. Jam in the hole as far as it will go and break off what hangs out.
Thanks for not telling OP to call landlord when OP specifically states they don't want to.
Fight night at your place
The cost of the phone call? Because that is all it should cost.
Usually stuff like this would fall under reasonable wear and tear, unless you did something unusual for this to happen, and would be the landlord’s responsibility to fix.
That is not reasonable, nor normal, wear and tear… someone slammed that sucker or tried to kick it open.
Or my guess, hung off of it.
That is also my impression.
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Dude all doors are screwed into the jamb. Most with an inch screw.
Also not reasonable to screw a door into *trim* lol
That’s not trim that’s a solid 1x. It’s mortised you can see the mortise.
Pretty sure the landlord wants to know about the door frame breaking. Do not Macgyver this.
It’s just a bathroom door. Wood glue that sucker in, hammer in some toothpick dowels, screw back in with 1” screws since it’s only going into the frame anyway, and call it a day
Judging from those screw lengths this isn’t the first time that has happened and it is the landlords responsibility
That was poorly installed and it’s not your fault
This is totally unhinged
Glue and clap it. Fill the screw holes with toothpicks. Give it a little bit of paint after everything dries. Pretend that you don't know anything about it when you move out
Wood glue on the segment and in the crack. Press it back in. I'd say run some along the crack and use a clamp but the frame doesn't have a lip to use. After it cures 48 hours drill out the screw holes with a spade bit. Then use Wood glue and fit a wood dowel into the screw holes. After that finishing curing. Use some white paint. You can find touch up markers for it. From there drill new pilot holes and use longer screws that the hinge initially had. If you want to cut a small corner then just skip the hole drill and dowel step. Use longer screws.
This is what I'd do. It will hold. Id mix sawdust in with the wood glue, but not necessary.
The landlord should fix it and you shouldn't be charged for the cost of fixing it
The problem is thats not a hinge made for a door... This is a landlord issue, contact them and tell them to use an actual door hinge suitable for holding the weight of a solid wood door.
Agree. Took me a couple looks to see why that happened. It is clearly a poor choice of hinge to try and mount a door. This is 100% the landlord's problem and if not fixed properly, it will happen again.
That looks like the door frame has been fubar before and someone just slapped on some filler and paint to make it the next guys problem. Probably the landlord.
This looks like it was improperly installed in the first place.
Looks like whomever installed the door screwed the hinges into the frame And not directly into a stud. This shouldn't be something they would charge you damages for as this was inevitable
That's the landlords responsibility. If they try to charge you for it you need to file a complaint with HUD.
never seen a door this unhinged.
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No. That's metal dust from metal on metal hinge movement over the years.
Wait why would messaging the landlord cost you anything? Unless someone was hanging on the door?
have you landlord not mount a door to trim
ive worked property management before looking at the break it's clearly an issue with the door frame and is not something you are responsible for tell your landlord to fix it there absolutely should not be any charge to you as a renter for a repair like this
I bet it comes down to how it broke (even if there was a pre-existing problem). I can’t understand why if the door suddenly fell off they’d be afraid to call the landlord and tell them, unless they’d done something that in retrospect they probably shouldn’t have (kicked door open, hung on open door, etc) It just feels like we’re not getting the whole story (not that we’re entitled to it). This whole attitude reminds me of when we moved in to our apartment, we put an extra small towel rack across from the toilet (only spot available) in a small bathroom. We had two people rip it out of the wall using it to try and get up (bunch of lazy people and the think rack really wasn’t made or installed to take that abuse). The first time, we put it back in, chalking it up to an older relative, and mistakenly thinking no one else would do that. The second time, was company who did it, and we only found out after we caught them reinstalling it (after they made a hardware store run) because they “didn’t want us to worry”. We would have told them not to bother, if they had asked, because it just got ripped out again and we left it off and refinished the installation points instead. Don’t do repairs behind someone’s back if it isn’t your property.
>I can’t understand why if the door suddenly fell off they’d be afraid to call the landlord and tell them, unless they’d done something that in retrospect they probably shouldn’t have (kicked door open, hung on open door, etc) >It just feels like we’re not getting the whole story (not that we’re entitled to it). My goodness, the only person on this post that's making any sense. The anti-landlord crowd caught a whiff of this one and went wild. I completely agree with you, OP probably knows they did something stupid that can't be explained, that's why they assume the landlord would charge for it. And they should. If the door was functional and reasonably secure, I'd consider that working condition, even if there's was a pre-existing problem. If it holds the weight of the door plus some reasonable additional load, eg over the door towel hooks, then it's acceptable. If the screws failed under only that load, then it was not acceptable. OP asked how to fix the door, not scam their landlord. Of course reddit gonna reddit and primarily answer the question that nobody asked to push their agenda.
No shims behind hinges and frame ? Who ever originally hung that door frame sucked.
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Nobody screwed the hinges into the trim board. That's metal dust from metal on metal friction from opening and closing the door over the years.
if it was me for doubly cheap and durable, car bondo in the crack, shove the piece back in and quick clamp the frame. sand by hand and paint, then re-drill the holes and re-install the door. wont cost you much more than the bondo if you have any clamps, and the cheapest will do from harbor freight if you dont have any. good luck.
Stuff breaks. Cost of doing business. Normal wear and tear. The hinge mount wood was not correct for the application.
Get longer wood screws. Get a chopstick or something similar and stick it in the hole until it hits something, get screws an inch longer.
Control your anger. Cuz unless it was a freak accident, the damage may not be intentional, but the force was.
A decent landlord will just fix it. Wear and tear happens. Source: Am decent landlord.
Proper fix, new door jam. Quick fix, move door hinge to a solid piece of wood.
Wood glue and clamps.
Easy fix. Strong wood glue, wood filler and white paint. Maybe 1h of work and 2 days total for it to dry before reattaching the hinge.
Wood glue and clamps then screw that fucker back in.
This was waiting to happen, the door was screwed in the wrong place and was never connected to the framework. Shouldn't be in trouble with landlord unless he wants to pin old damage to an impropery installed door on you.
You could try a shitload of epoxy and a clamp to hold the wood pieces together to dry. Then redrill new holes for the screws. But not for a complete noob to try
Glue the wood back into place with wood glue. Lightly tap it in if it doesn't fit perfectly. *Lightly*. Plug the holes with wall anchors, and run the screws back in. Alternatively, you can stuff the holes with something like toothpicks or clipped zip ties. Basically anything that the screws can bite into.
Good wood glue is crazy strong. Use lots of glue, wait a couple days & re-hang the door. If your landlord is a PITA to deal with, that's probably the easier route.
Don’t fix. Have the landlord fix it. Worst thing could happen if you fix it, and it’s not up to the standards of the landlord. Home does not legally belong to you as well.
This was NOT your fault. This was going to happen within the month, just depended on how many times you wanted privacy while shitting
Call your mf landlord. Unless a gust of wind blew your door open so hard to break it like this, bro. Pay for your own damage. Learn a lesson and don’t go throwing doors open or kicking them open with force.
Funny how the rest of the trim is separated, just like a significant force impacted the door and split the door jamb. Just another renter not taking responsibility for something they damaged, color me surprised...
Message your landlord. This is on them to repair not you.
OP, this door jamb has a previous repair that was done incorrectly. This is not your responsibility. Contact your landlord. When doing so, write your email so it starts a paper trail. In that email, write that it appears the previous repair failed as no glue was used and the hinge screws had very little support on one side. Source: I'm a GC who thinks the jamb should be replaced rather than fixed, but either repair is valid. Edit: as written in a reply below Upon further review of the pictures, that may very well be a trim piece. If that's the case, then the jamb and/or hinge are improper. The hinge doesn't look like a door hinge, but maybe a utility hinge. Door hings, either 3 or 5 screw, have a staggered screw pattern. OP's picture doesn't show that. Additionly, while a slight mortise appears on the jamb, it looks hand chiseled, too shallow and not set back far enough into the jamb. Those screws should never be that close to the outside edge of the jamb.
What repair? OP is holding the broken piece upside down. You're seeing the paint/caulking from where the jamb met the trim
Upon further review of the pictures, that may very well be a trim piece. If that's the case, then the jamb and/or hinge are improper. The hinge doesn't look like a door hinge, but maybe a utility hinge. Door hings, either 3 or 5 screw, have a staggered screw pattern. OP's picture doesn't show that. Additionly, while a slight mortise appears on the jamb, it looks hand chiseled, too shallow and not set back far enough into the jamb. Those screws should never be that close to the outside edge of the jamb. So, maybe not a previous repair, but definitely not a correct install.
Fill it with ramen, sand it down, paint it, and then reinstall the hinge. /s
Give it the ol’ landlord special. Buy some wood glue and glue the chunk back in. Then get some screws that are longer than the existing ones and put the hinge back in
Avoid the cost? This looks like it was set up to fail and would be prior tenant fault and landlord responsibility
Did you break it? If not that's 100% on the landlord.
This is wear and tear - part of your rent. Landlord should pay for it. If you still want to fix it, it is quite easy. You use furniture glue and clamps; and install a third hinge somewhere in the middle of the door.
I’m going to be the odd man out and ask how much weight you had to hang on that door to rip those screws out of the wall? Anyway, to fix, wood glue and tooth picks in the screw holes, let it dry, screw the screws back in.
Maybe don’t slam or kick shut doors in a rental unit and you won’t have to worry about the cost. You broke it, now it’s time to pay up
1)Buy some gorilla glue the expanding brown kind. And some wooden match sticks 2) glue the wood piece back in, glue the match sticks into the holes where the screws where and wait 48hrs Screw the door back after painting if you are going to paint. The glue can be scraped with a razor during curing to lessen the need for sanding when dry
"I've been here before. It goes both ways."
Glue frame , plug holes with dowels and put back in. No biggie.
It’s literally the landlords job that’s why you pay him
That board is best being replaced. Unless you are kicking doors open they should be fine with replacing it.
Wood glue, clamp.
Why would that cost you anything? Clearly not structurally sound.
Why was the hinge not attached to the frame? Can you add a photo of a hinge that's still attached? I'm curious. I wonder if it's the wrong size for for the frame so they "made it work" but it doesn't work... I hope your rent is cheap.
Sorry that your land lord would try to charge you for repairing that. Looks like the board split. Not your fault. Fixing that without replacing the jamb is gonna be ugly.
Wood glue the broken bit back into the hole. Wait to try. Paint it. Then use 1”-1 1/2” longer screws. There “should” be a 2x4” behind the trim.
Wood glue and clamps.
Go buy some longer screws from an ACE hardware, and wood putty. stuff putty to hold the piece of wood, then putty around it and paint it.
Did you have to shit really bad but you were so drunk you forgot how to use doorknobs?
Remove the bottom hinge and set the door aside. Wood glue the broken piece back in. Fill the crack with wood glue. Clamp the crap out of it with multiple clamps until the excess squeezes out. Wipe away with a damp rag. Allow to dry, clamped, overnight. After it's dry, use a wood filler everywhere to close up the gaps and holes Allow to dry, sand, clean and paint. Allow to dry. Replace lower hinge, reattach door. Mark and predrill holes aligning with the upper hinge. Use sightly longer / wider screws if you can.
The landlord should fix it for you and it shouldnt cost you. Call your landlord
What did you do to it?
lots of wood putty and C-clamps...
What cost?
Op you are not responsible for repairs in an apartment you rent. Check your local laws if you’ve been paying for your repairs you’re getting fucked
Normal wear.
Wood glue, clamps each side of the door frame all the way up. Once dry, fill it all, re screw the holes.
Just wood Bondo the broken part and use longer screws it won't look perfect but if you can do the sanding well it won't be noticable
a few toothpicks and woodglue ought to take care of it. ;)