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Fitting Internal door
Anonymous user 28 February 2024 - 2.54 PM
Hi, I need to fit an internal living room door, but the standard size width door does not fit into door frame width - existing door frame width seems to taper down, so that the bottom of the door frame is about 2cm narrower than the top of the frame width - is this unusual to have a door frame that is different widths from across the top & across the bottom - would a carpenter be able to fit a standard door? Many thanks for any help.
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Anonymous user
Hi Elaine,
Your frame hasn't been fixed in properly, the frame should be parallel from top to bottom. The Joiner who originally fitted it can't have plumbed the legs of the frame correctly.
2 cm is quite a lot to get over, but yes it could be done - depending on what type of doors you're fitting. Ideally they need to be solid timber ( because the Joiner will have to remove 10mm to nothing on the edge of the door) If the door is veneered you might be left with a chip board edge - not ideal for fixing too and looks unsightly.
Hope this helps.
Regards
Jade Chappell Joinery and Renovation
Answered25 October 2012
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Charlie Carpentry
narrowing door linings is very common, I don't know why but more likely than
widening. A competent carpenter will be able to fit most doors.
However, solid doors can be cut down but hollow doors and some veneer doors have a very small lipping and you could 'runout' of lipping when planing.
2cm or 20mm is alot and you will have trouble with the veneer type doors as the lippping can be as little as 5mm each side. Some doors have a 15mm lipping each side so check this before you buy.
Answered25 October 2012
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