Replacing Exterior door jam only?

[ACR]

Our storm door was caught by a huge wind and is almost completely ripped out of the door jamb. There are now large splinters in the jamb on both the upper and lower hinges where the storm door is attached to the main front exterior door. Can we just replace the one damaged jamb or does the entire door need to be replaced? I am hoping we can just replace jamb, since no one in town seems to carry the size of our front door and side lites, which will make installation more costly and time consuming. If we could just replace jamb, how do we proceed? Any help is greatly appreciated since hubby has limited experience (never installed front door before), but is handy and has managed to tackle a lot of other unknown projects before. Thanks, Angie.

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[pushkins]

Firstly are you sure the storm door is attached to the jam, most often the aluminum trim pieces screw into the brickmold that trims out the exterior side of the door. (Is this an aluminum storm door with a glass insert?)
If it's installed into the brickmold then it's a simple task to replace, remove the screws on the hinge side of the door that hold the frame to the wood someone helping to support the door is a good idea or remove the glass insert. remove the brickmold and any nails/staples that stay behind. New brickmold is available at all major hardware stores, you will need to cut a 45 at the top and cut it to the correct length. Nail it back in place to the same location as the previous (paint or caulk lines often help in location). Reattach the storm door frame and you should be done, some latch adjustment may be needed.

Now if it's actually attached to the door jam, this repair is much more complicated especially being on the hinge side, the door will need to be removed, both internal and exterior trim removed, cut out the jam and replace the entire length. This is not a task for anyone that hasn't done it before as it needs to be perfectly plumb or the door won't close correctly or swing correctly.

Check to see how the door is attached Jam or Brickmold , if it's the jam we can always help walk you through the process with a more detailed jam removal explanation.

[HayZee518]

door jamb

adding to what pushkins said, having access to a thickness planer is almost needed because the jamb board isn't always dimension lumber thickness. you might come close with a 5 or 6 wide - 3/4 board, but almost always the thickness is a tad narrower than a piece of regular 3/4" pine.

[pushkins]

or you can buy jams at big box stores, after installation you just need to reinstall the weather striping.