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Narrow Architrave on one side of door

  • 24-08-2011 8:54am
    #1
    BMD
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 146 ✭✭


    Hi,

    I am fitting wide architrave to my doors at present but unfortunately a couple of the doors do not allow for wide architrave on one side (these doors are tight to the adjoining wall).

    I am looking for suggestions on how best to overcome this (preferably some photos).

    Would I be better reducing the width on both sides so that they look the same (but different to the rest of the doors in the house) or just trim the architrave on the side that is tight against the wall (I dont think this is going to look great)

    Any advice/photos would be appreciated


Comments

  • #2
    Supertech
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 597 ✭✭✭Supertech


    Don't have any photos BMD but IMO you should keep the architraves the same width on both sides of the door.

    The only place you'll run into problems is where you have a door with the wider architrave immediately adjacent to one with the narrower ones. You could consider seeing what the narrowest dimension you have is, making all of the architraves that width and keeping them all consistent ?


  • #3
    JuniorB
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 379 ✭✭JuniorB


    We trimmed the architrave on the tight side. Will depend on location I'd say.
    Was in downstairs WC and corridor for us. Will post some photos later hopefully.


  • #4
    JuniorB
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 379 ✭✭JuniorB


    Not great photos, sorry. Ignore the lack of painting :)
    But might give you some idea....


  • #5
    mickdw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,686 ✭✭✭✭mickdw


    Its terrible design/management of a build that you could end up without room for an architrave if dealing with a new build. Fair enough if dealing with extra wide architrave but the pictures by junior B show a poor result imo.


  • #6
    JuniorB
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 379 ✭✭JuniorB


    mickdw wrote: »
    Its terrible design/management of a build that you could end up without room for an architrave if dealing with a new build. Fair enough if dealing with extra wide architrave but the pictures by junior B show a poor result imo.

    I wouldn't quiet say terrible :) I'm happy with it anyway.
    I prefer a narrow corridor than losing room off the sitting room. We had to move the door of the WC slightly to fit modification of steps outside it and that caused that issue.


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