Best Way To Fix/Seal This Gap

[sweet victory]

Recently moved into a new to me house and finally being able to get to fixing some things around the garage. On both sides of the garage door are gaps between the foundation wall and door jamb. The bottom portion of the jamb has rotted away. Just looking for some ideas on the best way to seal this up and look good.

Untitled by P A, on Flickr

Untitled by P A, on Flickr

 

[Doozer75]

A piece of pressure treated pine?

-Doozer

 

[sweet victory]

A piece of pressure treated pine?

-Doozer

Er, I guess I should've been a little more specific. Not sure if I want to chop off the bottom of the jump so it's level with the top of foundation wall and put a "block" in there. My other option was inserting a trimmed piece of wood into the gap. Is there anything I can add between the wood and concrete surface for a seal?

 

[roc_on_the_rocks]

I'm no expert, but I'd use this: GREAT STUFF™ Pestblock

 

[climb.on]

Post a wider angle picture so we can see more of what you are dealing with.

 

[sweet victory]

As requested. Those pavers are in sad shape, and will be replaced/redone in the future.

Untitled by P A, on Flickr

 

[NUTTSGT]

Maybe a solid 8x8x16 block cut down to fit the area after you trim off the rotted section the door jamb.

 

[sweet victory]

I didn't even realize there was spider crawling out till I saw my post.

 

[LXCam]

Cut (horizontal) off the rotten chunk of wood at a 45 and replace with a piece of pressure treated (also use a good wood glue on the splice), caulk the cut with a paintable caulking. Then grout (dry pack) behind the wood to the foundation. Make sure you "paint" a concrete latex adhesive on the contact areas (slab and stem wall). If you do a nice job and tape everything off and take your time, no one will ever see the patch.

 

[quattro_sinko]

What area of the country are you in? Depending (if I'm looking at it correctly), you could "form" it off and pour concrete in for a quick easy fix. I don't know that it would qualify as a lifetime repair, but should hold you over for quite a while, and would be cheap. (<$5)

 

[sweet victory]

I'm located in Los Angeles. House was built in 1952, not 100% sure if the garage was built at the same time.

 

[gunguy]

If it's just trim, I'd go with PVC. A little more money than wood, but it will last forever.

Jim

 

[Stuart in MN]

I think I'd cut off the bottom of the trim board and put in a plinth block, something like this:

It would be easier than trying to make a piece fit flush with the trim board. There's going to be a joint either way, so you may as well make it a feature rather than something you're trying to hide. The plinth could be made from a piece of pressure treated wood, or one of the PVC products on the market today like Azek.

 

[sweet victory]

I think I'd cut off the bottom of the trim board and put in a plinth block, something like this:

It would be easier than trying to make a piece fit flush with the trim board. There's going to be a joint either way, so you may as well make it a feature rather than something you're trying to hide. The plinth could be made from a piece of pressure treated wood, or one of the PVC products on the market today like Azek.

While a good suggestion, I'm not sure if it would seal the gap created by the rotted section of wood.

 

[quattro_sinko]

Are you concerned about the gap between the BACK of the trim and the block foundation? Or only the deterioration at the bottom of the jamb/case? From my seat, while slightly deteriorated, the jamb and case don't look too bad given they seem to have been in place for some time. Are the bottoms of the trim and jamb soft/rotted/punky? My comment about forming and pouring was directed at filling in the "spider habitat" cavity area.

If it was me (and my house, my money being spent), I'd use caulk/sealant to "finish" the bottom of the trim, once set, I'd form and fill the large cavity behind it with concrete to help keep rodents/insects/lizards etc. out.