When our house was built
every room had a door. The doors on the main level are now gone, but the hinges
holes and jambs remain as an unattractive reminder. Tom doesn’t even notice
stuff like this, but it bothers me so I decided to patch them.
I cut down some plywood and
used it to fill in the jamb. Then I added strips of oak along the front to trim
it out.
Once it was patched, I
covered the seams in wood filler, sanded and repeated this until it was smooth.
Finally I put on a coat of
primer and a couple of coats of paint.
I won’t bore you with photos
of more white trim, but I did also finish painting the trim in the den, the
powder room and the kitchen. Only 2 more doorways on the main floor and I am
done painting all the trim...just in time for replacement of the back windows
leading to more trim needing painting!
And now we know: for this
door I used a layer of ¼” plywood with shims behind and nails through both. I
think this might crack the wood filler over time, so for the next door I’m
going to try using 2 layers of plywood, cut to the exact thickness so we’ll see
how that method works.
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