Best way to cover plasterboard edges on door frames?

Hi folks,


So i whipped up a few stud walls recently, and although I should have used a thicker wood for the door frames, it'd have held things up a lot, so I just fired ahead with what I had.


Plasterer pointed out that I was gonna have exposed edges on the slabs, but I didn't care at the time.


Now I'm nearly at the point of painting and finishing things off and I'm back to looking to address this issue.


Would anyone have any ideas or suggestions on ways to cover the exposed edges? On one side of each door, i can get a thin moulding (As it'll be needed, anyway, for the door to 'close' into) but on the other side (the side the door opens onto) I can't think of anything off the top of my head.




Cheers.


Here are a few pics:


https://i.postimg.cc/NfzwLVyG/door-frames2.jpg


https://i.postimg.cc/c4HSxZL5/door-frames1.jpg


https://i.postimg.cc/XYB658Ff/door-frames3.jpg

listermint

You've no door frame and therefore no architrave.

Are you putting in a door frame and architrave?

If no door is going in. I'd frame it with simple MDF architrave of a basic style. Probably just plain

Graham

Door frame kit or pre-hung door/frame would probably be the easiest option.

Take a look at this and you'll see what you're missing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQwHn-EmSGo

seannash

Put plasterboard on the exposed wooden studs and then corner beed all around for a sharp straight corner

listermint

listermint wrote: »

You've no door frame and therefore no architrave.

Are you putting in a door frame and architrave?

If no door is going in. I'd frame it with simple MDF architrave of a basic style. Probably just plain

I think you might have misinterpreted what I meant. I probably wrote it ass-ways.


The wood you see, will be the door frame. That's where it'll be hinged. Architrave will invariably end up going straight onto the plasterboard itself, surrounding the door.


(i know that's not the right way to do things, but as said in the opening post, to do it 'properly' would have held things up a lot).

Lumen

But when you put the frame in, plumb and shim it, there will be a load of mess that you'll need to cover with an architrave, so the plasterboard edges will be hidden.

DublinDilbert

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I think you might have misinterpreted what I meant. I probably wrote it ass-ways.


The wood you see, will be the door frame. That's where it'll be hinged. Architrave will invariably end up going straight onto the plasterboard itself, surrounding the door.


(i know that's not the right way to do things, but as said in the opening post, to do it 'properly' would have held things up a lot).

Yea there's a few reasons a door frame isn't made in to a stud wall. One is the architrave, the other is that the door frame needs to be plumb, typically your studs won't be, so you use shims to get the door frame plumb, the header square etc... a door frame needs to be mm perfect, otherwise it will look terrible and have lots of issues. So the door frame will be exactly the right size with shims between the frame and studs.

I assume you built the walls with 3 x 2s, so with the plaster board and skim the wall comes too 100mms total?

Have you purchased the doors yet? I'd just fit a narrower door. B&q sell a door frame liner kit, which will be the door frame, this would be the simplest.

You could also try make up a narrow door frame, but it wouldn't hold its shape correctly.

Sorry, probably should have clarified, but yes, the doors have already been hung on that 'frame' in the picture. I have 4 doors, all with the same set up. They were just taken down for plastering. They were cheapo-adverts doors, but i'd rather avoid smashing them up to get them to fit new frames if i could avoid it.

Just loking for an easy way to make it look clean-ish. I'll hang a door on it during the week and get a fresh photo up.

mloc123

The only possible fix I could think of is to cut the plasterboard back 75mm and attach your architrave to the 'door frame'. The plasterboard should then but up to the edge of that architrave and caulk where it does for a clean finish.

the_pen_turner

cut back the plasterboard and glue and pin on a 15mm (or more)slip to bring it back out level with the plaster , then put architrave over that

dermob

Cut plasterboard back put j bead on
https://www.fixfactory.ie/products/j-bead-12-5mm-x-3m-jbead12-5mm3mmmw

If, for argument sake, a person was too lazy (or more concerned with not getting a straight edge cutting the plasterboard back) could I simply affix the architrave to the plasterboard, and then run some caulk or general filler of the exposed edge of the plasterboard, and smooth it off?

Or would that just crack and break the minute you close the door?

ShamNNspace

It's not too late to cut out one of the 3x2s from the lock side to widen the opes and fill it in and put a proper frame albeit a modified one in. The head can be cut down to 12 mm or so and a few mm can be planed off the bottom of the door. Anything else is only messing and smathering and will cost more in the end. Sure you must have only 2 screws on each hinge holding up the door (unless the other 2 are screwed in at an angle) if it's swinging flush with the wall.. There are only 4 opes after all so do it properly and you'll be happier in the end that's my advice. Good luck with it