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Carpentry & Joinery

Increasing thickness of wall to plaster over doorframe

Anonymous user 23/02/2024 - 3.37 PM

In my 70s built house I have an interior wall which is only 60mm thick, but all the fitted door frames are 100mm. As a result the door frames are exposed and stick out 2cm either side of the wall, all the way up to the ceiling. Above the doors has been filled in with a thin sheet of wood. I want the door frames to look normal, ideally the wall would be the same thickness as the doorframe, so the area above the frame can be plastered over. I’m not sure if it is a stud wall or not given the thickness. What’s the best way to achieve this? What trade would I need to hire to get it done? Thanks

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5 Answers

Owen Brown

Rating: 5 out of 5
Fareham
Hiya, personally I wouldn’t tough the wall, I would rip down the door lining to the wall thickness/leaving it a couple millimetres bigger either side so the plasterer can go up to it. Or if you’re looking to get the wall plastered then you could always batten & plasterboard over the wall to give you the 100mm needed. But the easiest and cheapest option would to just rip down the door lining to wall thickness. Hope this helps Regards Owen
Answered7 December 2020
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Pib carpentry and shopfitting

Rating: 4.9 out of 5
Norwich
I personally would remove door frame ,and reduce to the appropriate size.
Answered7 December 2020
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Mark Coleman ~ Carpenter

Rating: 5 out of 5
Hailsham
I would probably suggest getting a plasterer in to “Dot and Dab” the wall which basically means sticking plasterboard to the wall with blobs of adhesive!
Answered7 December 2020
1

L R carpentry and drylining

Rating: 5 out of 5
Billericay
Sounds like you need to dot and dab a plasterboard to the rest of the wall in line with the face of the frame to achieve the correct thickness. You would need a dryliner/plasterer for your project.
Answered7 December 2020
1

Anonymous user

depends on the area of wall u have to cover with additional plasterboard to bring it out to the thickness of the door frame, if not alot u could use a 12mm and a 9 mm board either side and then dry line it, if it's just to take the bad look of the door frame u could use a rebated architrive either side of the door.
Answered7 December 2020
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