FITTING ARCHITRAVE AROUND A DOOR CASING

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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...]

HOW TO FIT A DADO RAIL

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Tools required :- Tape measure, spirit level or laser level, wood saw, hacksaw, mitre box, hammer, silicone gun. First of all you will have to decide on a suitable height for the dado rail, it doesn't want to be either too high or too low, as an example, on a recent project the dado rail was fitted at a height of 37 1/2" (950mm) to the top edge with a room ceiling height of 116 1/2" (2450mm). When you have decided on a suitable height check the dado will look alright  from the aesthetics point of view, i.e. where it meets up to your fireplace, window ledges etc. Mark the chosen … [Read more...]