Bottoms of Brickmold Peel almost yearly

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Hello All,

Looking for advice on paint peeling on my brickmold.

Two years ago I replaced the rotted brickmold and the door was installed in probably 2012. The paint job has held up pretty good except for the hinge side of the door and I'm thinking this is atleast partially due to the fact that the top miter opened up on me this past year, and now the bottom about 6 inches of the brickmold and a couple inches of the door jamb paint peeled off and they were damp but really no rot. I believe I used the SW Extreme Bond Primer and the Paint is SW Duration.

I think the reason I may be having so much trouble is that there is no overhang/eave of this door as the roof is flush with the house and there is a small deck of steps under the door so I think water continuously bounces up on the deck getting the bottom few inches of the brickmold wet over and over again. So I replaced the top brickmold piece and also pulled off the storm door to assess the damage as I could see some peeling paint behind it. Questions are: Is there something I can do to help the bottom 6 inches or so of this brickmold to better shed water? Like can some type of waterproofer, etc be added over the topcoat of paint? Or what am I doing wrong that this continues to be an issue or is more of a matter of not an ideal setup with the door being so exposed? Most of the paint on the side of the door that didn't have it's miter open up on is fine except for a few patches behind where the storm door trim was but I'm guessing maybe water was getting behind that and I should add some caulk behind it?

In hindsight I should have probably replaced it with PVC trim when I redid it but I didn't feel like hanging a storm door on that stuff was ideal.

I would certainly appreciate any advice as this continues to really be almost a yearly summer time suck. Also any advice on getting this wood to dry out so I can finally paint it....goodness fans running on it hasn't made much of a difference then again I swear it's been storming like every other day as well.

I added some pics. Hopefully if you look closely on the left side pic you can see where the brown paint is lighter where there is only one coat of paint over the primer and those are the areas that peeled under the metal storm door trim.

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millworkman

last month

" 6 inches of the brickmold and a couple inches of the door jamb paint peeled off and they were damp but really no rot. "

Yes, you need to find a way to get the water away from the wood. It is only a matter of time until you get rot, no ifs ands or buts about it. You are already getting damage as the wood is wicking water causing the paint to fail. You very well have mold behind the jambs as that really cannot dry out. You need some sort of covering above that door, a portico or awning of some type.

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cat_ky
last month
A small shed type roof overhang over the door, might help a lot. The water probably gets behind the brick molding and runs down and pools, there. A shed type roof, over the porch, would protect it from getting wet all the time.
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3onthetree
last month
Water is getting to the bottom endgrain of the jamb and brickmold. Caulk the crux at the threshold and paint the underside of the brickmold.

Water is not running down behind the brickmold. You have a drip cap and it wouldn't get to the exposed endgrain.

This is a common occurrence, rain gets in (screen on storm door), sits on the threshold, and wicks to the bottom of jamb and brickmold. Rain can still blow in, so a short roof overhang isn't an ultimate solution.
klem1
last month
I concure with 3in the tree but I think it will be impossable to paint endgrain with it in place. I see two possable hacks. #1 Trim bottom off and if possable, put 3-4 applications of wood treatment on endgrain. Fill void to within 1/8" of jamb bottom with urathane or other quility caulk/putty. Hopfully 1/8" is suffecient to prevent wicking and allow air circulation.

#2 Drill holes angling downward in wood then squirt treatment/preservity into holes, repeat as many times as you think. Buy plastic plugs before drilling holes so you can match hole size to plugs. Perhapps this will repel moisture from endgrain.
Jess Barrett
Original Author
last month
Thanks everyone, I think I'm going to try cutting out the bottom foot of the brickmold on each side and replacing it with PVC and see how that does. I think I might have read something about putting acetone on the butts of pvc to seal them better, or similar...is that a thing?
millworkman
last month
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" I might have read something about putting acetone on the butts of pvc to seal them better "

Never heard that at all. Also the jambs will still get wet from the splash, the siding / sheathing is most likely getting wet and both will continue to rot.