Need advice repairing stile on garage door

[Brian Deakin]

The lower 5 inch portion of the stile on my father in-laws garage door has rotted away

Can anyone please advise on how to correctly replace this portion

Do I simply cut a scarf joint and if so what angle would you advice

regards Brian

[Dave Wagner]

Just be careful, the springs/cables are attached to the bottom rail. I would say a 1/2 lap joint and overlay the pieces by a few inches or more, glue and screw. You might be able to scab a piece across the bottom back of the door too to help reinforce it.

[joe milana]

+1 for everything Dave said, but it's hard to tell what you have to work with without seeing it.

[Dan Henry]

Had the same problem, cut off the rotten portion and replaced it with a piece of pressure treated that I put horizontally so the vertical would not draw up water and rot again, can see the difference but it has been a few years and they are still in good shape.

Dan