I would like to replace my doorfames but would the room need to be plastered afterwards? we have just had the room plastered already. Thanks

Hi, no you wouldn't need to replaster your room. if you the carpenter takes them out carefully enough, they should come out fine with minimal damage to the plaster. You may find that some of it will come away around the edges of the frame, but not enough to worry about and just a bit of patching up maybe required, but is something you could probably do yourself. cheers.

The removal of doorframes will not require the room to be replastered again. Perhaps in future you may want to remove them first as this will give the plasterer a clean edge to finish to. All demolition works should be completed before any finishing work begins. Regards Darren

Its a shame you have already plastered the rooms as idealy you should fit frames before plaster if you very careful when you take frames out then you can fit after plasterd and hide the gaps with a new arcitrave surround but its not a guarantee that the frames will come out clean without causing any damage but it could be worth the risk as any damge should be miner and can be repaired. good luck Scott Smith

Hi You should be fine replacing your door frames as the decorative architrave around the frame should cover anything nasty (although the original architrave and frame should still be taken off with some care. The only thing that may make it slightly more difficult is that you said that you've recently had the walls plastered. If so there is a likelyhood that the old architrave has been plastered up to and is therefore now set into the plaster slightly. If this is the case then it will be slightly trickier and will probably crack the new plaster when you remove it. Even so it should still be a relatively easy patching job that you could probably carry out yourself. If you have had new architrave fitted over the new plaster already then there will be no problems. Sorry about been a bit long winded, but I hope that answers your question. kind regards Oliver Lintern

You have done it in the wrong order really...... if your door frames are the modern type you may be able to remove them without damaging the wall..... bare in mind you have the depth of the architrave around the door that will not be seen. If your frames are the old type they are most likely embedded into the brickwork on either side of the header..... If this is the case you can remove them with a recipsaw but do not attempt to lever them out without cutting the header or you will rip the plaster off the wall

hi there you mite be able to just plate the door frames with new wood (that would keep the cost down a bit) and put a smaller door in the frame instead as long as your Architraves would cover the old and new frames hope this helps Robert

I don't think you will need to re-plaster your whole room again. If you're careful removing existing frame and just replacing,you might be lucky and not have to do any repairs/patching up. Carl.

On removal of an old doorframe you are very likely to disturb some of the plaster surrounding the frame . This should need minor repairs after the new frame has been fitted . Regards Allan .

As long as you take a knife and cut around the Architraves, remove them carfully and saw through the frame and remove it. fit new frame and door and then Architraves Job Done!!

You can easily change your door frames without affecting the plaster, your architrave will cover any slight damage. You can also increase the width of the architrave for more cover.