- 20
- Mar
The baseboards were done at this point. There was one final hurdle concerning door trim that needed to be tackled in one of the bedroom. The plaster wall was actually bowed out about 1/2″ in the center making it impossible to mount a piece of casing on the right side of the door without leaving a huge gap where it met the jamb. It looked something like this ) for those of you who have no idea what I mean.
There is a shot from the side showing the bowing.
To make a long, dirty, and probably posionous story short, what we ended up doing was taking a few 36 grit sanding belts and shaving that bitch down till it was even with the door jamb. It didn’t take too long but it was pretty difficult. In the following pictures you can see the amount that had to be shaved, especially the one that was taken from the floor up. Looks like a valley.
And in the following diagram you can see the geological progression of the wall:
Once the great valley was cut into the wall, the door casing was mounted. It ended up actually sitting into the wall because of the bow. I filled in any gaps and repainted so unless you really know what you’re looking for, it’s almost impossible to tell.
Before the gap is filled:
After the gap:
I thought I had some close-ups of this stage but I can’t seem to find them. There should be some of the entire door in the final pictures though.
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