Tools required :- Tape measure, wood saw, mitre box or mitre saw, hammer and nail punch. To fit architrave around a door you will have to cut four mitres, two in the head (top) piece and one in each of the two side pieces. Architrave is normally set back around 1/4" (5mm) from the edge of the door casing, (see fig 1). This is done so the architrave doesn't impede the fitting of the door hinges.      Mark the 1/4" (5mm) line around the edge of the door casing first, now cut the head piece with two mitres to length allowing for the additional 1/4" (5mm) each end, (see fig … [Read more...]