The front door to my house is ancient, made back in the 1920s and hasn't
really been kept up well over the years. I had been planning on taking
it down, completely stripping, repairing and refinishing it this summer
when the weather was warm enough not to have a front door for a couple
of days.

Yesterday, I saw that there is a floor-to-ceiling crack on the outside
that is getting wider by the minute. I can no longer wait until summer,
I need to fix it before I've got two doors, not one.

So far, I've come up with two concepts and wanted input as to which is
better, or if there's another way entirely.

1) I can take the door down (it's solid mahogany), cut the door in two
at the crack and reglue/clamp it back together. This is probably the
best solution, but it removes 1/8" from the width of the door and it's
not all that weather-tight now.

2) I can drill in from the edge and countersink some long lag bolts
through (the split is about 8 inches from the edge) to pull it back
together, then plug the holes. This can be done without removing the
heavy door and will maintain the width.

Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks.

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