Fixing a door jamb

[Andy in Germany]

FFS, you're the joiner, why are you asking on here?

The joiners answer would be to take off the entire frame and replace but I can't do that in this situation.

Plan A is perfectly reasonable and with the right glue and clamping while leaving it overnight to dry it will be at least as strong as before.

Fair enough, I'll run with that. Time to get some tools together...

 

[Andy in Germany]

Thanks for the tips and links. The door is fixed; a bit of sandpaper and paint and the damage will be invisible.

I'd given the family strict instructions not to remove anything that didn't fall off, and this helped a lot: the pieces went back into place with little trouble and a lot of pressure from the clamps...

No pictures because I'm a bit careful of taking unnecessary pics in other people's houses, but it's all sorted now...