Cement?

[BearTricks]

I recently fit a lock and alarm on my old stone shed only to find out that the door frame is coming loose. The cement/mortar/grout around the door frame is crumbling and the frame is wobbly.

I don't know anything about fixing something like this, but it isn't a huge job and I was wondering if I could buy a bag of something or other and touch it up myself before it becomes too much of a problem.

Additionally, the floor in my kitchen is stone slabs, and some of the grout (or whatever it's called) between the slabs near the back door has cracked. My dog took it upon himself to dig the cracked pieces up and now he's down to insulation and what looks like a blue waterproof sheet. I'm hoping I can use the same stuff to fix the floor and the door frame.

If anyone could point me in the right direction, that would be great.

 

[porker]

Do you have any pictures? I'm sure you can do this yourself, it is probably more a question of the mix and composition of the mortar that will be important. You say 'old' stone shed. How old is it do you think? If really old it probably uses lime mortar.

 

[blackrodd]

You're door frame needs to be re fixed with either masonry screws, wood screws and plugs or anchor bolts and then the side gap filled with the cement you mention, or a mastic.
Regarding you're floor slabs I'd go to Wickes and get the proper grout in you're colour as it has loads of polymers etc to aid mixing and strength etc and use that in line with the instructions.
use masking tape around the edges first, it can help keep the edges clean.
HTH Regards Rodders

 

[AndyT]

This is the sort of question that really needs pictures. You know what your old stone shedand your kitchen floor look like, but there are many sorts of stone and everyone else could be imagining something a bit different. (You've not said where you are, so even guessing sandstone/limestone/granite is impossible.)
You certainly can buy diy size bags of (dry) ready mixed mortar, which you can make up in a bucket with some water, and that may be part of the answer - as could all sorts of fixings, constructional adhesives and new timber.

 

[BearTricks]

Just got back. The door frame is actually in a brick wall, it's the other three walls that are stone.

 

[blackrodd]

Good pics there, As I said earlier, fix the frame to the masonry and point in with some Wickes type material.
You may need a bit of packing behind the frame to stop it bowing when the fixings are tightened, then fill in.
If it helps, you could add some angle brackets inside, fixed to both frame and wall.
Regards Rodders

 

[porker]

Good pics there, As I said earlier, fix the frame to the masonry and point in with some Wickes type material.
You may need a bit of packing behind the frame to stop it bowing when the fixings are tightened, then fill in.
If it helps, you could add some angle brackets inside, fixed to both frame and wall.
Regards Rodders

+1 you will need some frame fixings as mortar wont hold the frame on its own. There are various types. I would use long screws that come with the plugs. If drilling into brick I would use an SDS drill and depending how solid it is use the hammer action or not (brick will drill without hammer and it causes less damage from vibration). Then use a mortar to fill gaps. Sometimes expanding foam can be used to fill gaps but in this case I would say probably not.

 

[BearTricks]

Any recommendation on type or brand of mortar? How about for the floor?

 

[blackrodd]

Any recommendation on type or brand of mortar? How about for the floor?

As I said in my first post, Go into Wickes unless you want to buy a large sack of floor grout and a ready mixed mortar mix. Regards Rodders