Re: How to do door trims?


"George E. Cawthon" <GeorgeC-Boise@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> miamicuse wrote:
> > Did I offend someone with my post? or was it off topic?
> >
> > MC
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> > "DanG" <dgriff237@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> >>Troll?
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> >>Whir. Plunk. Twitch, wait, twitch, wait, twitch. . .
> >>
> >>(top posted for your convenience)
> >>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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> >>DanG (remove the sevens)
> >>dgriff237@xxxxxxxx
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> >>"miamicuse" <nmbexcuse@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> >>>I had a carpenter hung five of my interior doors for me. Those
> >>>are prehung
> >>>doors with standard trims which I don't like.
> >>>
> >>>I like the simple plain trim with no decorative patterns on it.
> >>>I have seen
> >>>those in many industrial places where it is just a wide strip
> >>>(painted) of
> >>>four or six inch strip that goes up and across and back down,
> >>>done such that
> >>>there is no seam between them and I can't tell if they are
> >>>jointed at 45
> >>>degrees or *** jointed.
> >>>
> >>>I am wondering how I can do the same.
> >>>
> >>>I assume I can just buy some 4" hardwood strips at may be about
> >>>1-1/2 inch
> >>>thick and cut them to size. I experiemented a bit and realized
> >>>I have
> >>>problems.
> >>>
> >>>First, the doors were hung and some are level and some are not.
> >>>Two of the
> >>>doors when plumbed and leveled, when the door closes, the lock
> >>>does not
> >>>close (click), so the carpenter pushed and tucked and shimmed
> >>>until they
> >>>close properly, only they are no longer perfectly level. Also
> >>>the walls are
> >>>not perfectly straight and even, so when I lay a strip of trim
> >>>against the
> >>>edge, it is not perfectly level either. So the strip the runs
> >>>top to bottom
> >>>and the strip on top going across, they do not meet where they
> >>>will align
> >>>perfectly.
> >>>
> >>>So how do I get these trim to align? and how can I paint them
> >>>such that the
> >>>joints are not noticeable? Is it supposed to be 45 degree joint
> >>>even for a
> >>>plain flat trim?
> >>>
> >>>Thanks in advance,
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> I think you just caught someone with a snoot full!
>
> Trim that has a square in each corner can cover a
> multitude of sins easier. But if you must have
> very simple then use 45 degree joints not ***
> joints. If everything isn't level and square,
> then you have to cut the trim to fit. That is,
> the corners may have to be a ways off of 45
> degrees. Ideally the trim has only a narrow piece
> that touches the wall and a narrow piece that
> touches the casing. That is the surface of the
> trim that is against the wall is hollowed out
> (routed or otherwise shaped) so that very little
> touches the wall. This reduced wall variation
> problems. Trim can also be bent slightly to
> follow the casing. And you cover up problems by
> using caulk to fill holes, cracks, seams, and
> hollows where the trim is away from the wall if
> the trim is going to be painted. If not painted,
> then you do a lot more hand work.

It will be painted. I will try 45 degree joints. I cannot get plain flat
trims with hollowed out back (unless I order custom cuts from the millwork
but those have a minimum length and $ amount so I prefer to avoid that). I
can see how the hollowed back can help. Thanks for the advise.

MC


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