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Repair Cracks - Door Architrave

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  • 28-08-2020 12:06pm
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    whodafunk
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    Hi All,

    I had doors replaced and cracks have appeared around door architraves where wood meets the wall (pics attached). What is the best way to repair? Caulk or some sort of filler ie: Polyfilla?

    Also see pic of gap between where old skirting ran and where I have ran in new skirting. What is the best way to fill this? Wood filler?

    Thank you


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    whodafunk
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    whodafunk wrote: »
    Hi All,

    I had doors replaced and cracks have appeared around door architraves where wood meets the wall (pics attached). What is the best way to repair? Caulk or some sort of filler ie: Polyfilla?

    Also see pic of gap between where old skirting ran and where I have ran in new skirting. What is the best way to fill this? Wood filler?

    Thank you

    Pics attached


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    Calahonda52
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    painters caulk, not silicone anything like that

    “I can’t pay my staff or mortgage with instagram likes”.



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    whodafunk
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    Calahonda52 wrote: »
    painters caulk, not silicone anything like that

    Thank you. What about the large gap? Seems I would need a lot of caulk in there to fill the gap?


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    Calahonda52
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    whodafunk wrote: »
    Thank you. What about the large gap? Seems I would need a lot of caulk in there to fill the gap?

    build it up, or at least have the last layer caulk, as the silicone wont take paint

    “I can’t pay my staff or mortgage with instagram likes”.



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    jack of all
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    That's too large a gap for caulk. I'd try and fill that void first with either bonding or decorators filler (bonding is cheap, dries pretty quickly and would be easy to use in this situation- no slump). Press it into the gap, leaving it a little low. When dry finish off with a light coating of decorators filler, sand off and then caulk. A little bit of work but you'll get a good result. Large gaps filled with caulk will tend to sink or "pull" away from the substrate.


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    wait4me
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    jack of all wrote: »
    fill that void first with either bonding or decorators filler (bonding is cheap, dries pretty quickly and would be easy to use in this situation- no slump). .
    When you say bonding what do you mean? Can one buy small amounts of bonding? Thanks


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    jack of all
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    Sorry, bonding is a Gyproc undercoat plaster product, comes in fairly large bags so you probably won't be using it for this job unless you already had it on hand. Just use decorators filler to fill the gap, may take 2 or 3 separate applications on account of the thickness. Otherwise wedge some stout paper or cardboard into the gap as a backer and then fill with filler.


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