[Raion]

For those of us who are handy, what kinds of home repairs have you undertaken? 

I'm currently in the midst of repairing a door jamb. Due to living in a shitty neighborhood in the Carolinan town I'm in, the door of the house I'm renting has been abused over the years with people kicking at the door, breaking the door jamb etc. I spoke with my landlord and got him to agree to three repairs I'm doing:

1. Replace the door jamb that carries the strike plate, deadbolt strike, and bears the burden of protecting the door. 
2. Repair the cracked entry door and weather stripping
3. Repaint the door and frame/trim. 

Today I cut out part of the door jamb. The reason for this is easy -- I would have to disassemble much of the frame and shim/fix the door frame if I replaced the entire piece and the stud next to it. Instead, I'm cutting out the broken/rotten parts, replacing with new lumber, using calk, screws, wood glue, and a new steel strike plate to provide protection. The screws now will reach into the stud and basically leave the actual solid wood door (an old 1950s door, so very strong and weathered) as the weakest point. 

Tomorrow morning, I will go to the Home Depot, get pine boards cut down to size, put them in, indent the strike, repair the trim and paint it. Then weatherstripping, and repairing the crack in the entry door, which is easy (drill, woodglue, metal dowels, clamps)