Pocster Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 One of my doorways is tight to perpendicular stud so there’s not much room for architrave. The doorways are all 84cm wide . Should I reduce the width of this one ( I.e screw a length of timber vertically in the frame ) so architrave will fit ? . Should I then adjust all the doorways so they are the same width ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Punter Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 Don't forget you have the door lining width about 30mm as well, so you will still get some architrave on there. Are the doors standard or made to measure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocster Posted March 29, 2021 Author Share Posted March 29, 2021 1 hour ago, Mr Punter said: Don't forget you have the door lining width about 30mm as well, so you will still get some architrave on there. Are the doors standard or made to measure? True . I did forget that . They’ll be pre hung made to measure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Punter Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 26 minutes ago, pocster said: True . I did forget that . They’ll be pre hung made to measure Some of the made to measure ones have architrave already fitted on one side and with a slot to accept the stuff on the other. With these, it is best not to have to scribe the architrave to a wall and you are best finding out the width of the arch and making the adjustment on the opening if required. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocster Posted March 29, 2021 Author Share Posted March 29, 2021 15 minutes ago, Mr Punter said: Some of the made to measure ones have architrave already fitted on one side and with a slot to accept the stuff on the other. With these, it is best not to have to scribe the architrave to a wall and you are best finding out the width of the arch and making the adjustment on the opening if required. That requires planning and knowing things in advance ! . That needs organisation and structure . Why change the way my project has been run now ! ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProDave Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 The door opening in the frame is almost always over sized and the door liner will need packing. In a similar situation i used the absolute minimum packing on one side so there was more packing on the other side where the space for architrave was tight. Then i cut the architrave to size and fitted it. you hardly notice that it is thinner than the other side of the door. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocster Posted March 29, 2021 Author Share Posted March 29, 2021 3 minutes ago, ProDave said: The door opening in the frame is almost always over sized and the door liner will need packing. In a similar situation i used the absolute minimum packing on one side so there was more packing on the other side where the space for architrave was tight. Then i cut the architrave to size and fitted it. you hardly notice that it is thinner than the other side of the door. I’ll leave it “ as is “ for now ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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