Oak door frame for internal cottage door.

[joechip]

Hi again,

As I am having a stud wall put in next week my carpenter has asked me what kind of door frame i am thinking of. He mentioned either solid or a cover and some kind of overlap so you don't get a crack where the wood joins the lime plaster on the wall.

Now, i've got a picture in my head of an oak frame, quite solid looking but not too bulky, no fancy moldings, just nice oak showing the grain and a few knots etc. Something that looks strong, solid, alive. Am I just crazy or has anyone got any pictures or thoughts on how I should ask for my door frame to be built. The frame will house a 3 ledged oak cottage door with latch.

Thanks for any input on this.

 

[skier-hughes]

Can't really see it from this pic
http://www.myvideoproblems.com/testfiles/personal/kitchen/27-09-07_1141.jpg


But have a butchers at some of my others, may be a better one amongst these
http://www.myvideoproblems.com/testfiles/personal/kitchen/kitchenhole.htm

Otherwise I'll take a close up for you.

Graham

 

[middi]

The frame that would most suit the cottage would be one that is about 75mm thick (3 inches), a suitable width to overhang the finished plaster by about 10mm, pegged morticed and tenoned head rail with square 10/15 mm thick door jambs. Do not worry too muck about any small gap that may appear between rails and plaster during " curing" period, the frame overhang will make it look less obvious. When you re-decorate after a few years( or sooner if you want to) it will look perfect. Just keep things square and simple and NO architraves.

 

[Andrew Bodenham]

It depends really on how much of a feature you want the joinery to be. In most cases I'd suggest that the door frame should be painted in with the rest of the woodwork, in which case a simple softwood frame would suffice. But if you want a grander (or more possibly more rustic) effect then it would be appropriate to use oak to match your doors. At the end of the day the aesthetic of the place is governed by what you want to live with.

In the property shown below I fitted oak frames in the downstairs, and painted softwood frames in the upstairs for a lighter feel.

More pics of this project on my website.

We made three plank doors for the big holes downstairs, and 4 or 5 plank doors for the bedrooms upstairs.
In your case you'll probably need some sort of architrave to cover the join between frame and wall. Can you copy some detail from existing woodwork in the house? For a simple look the architrave could be just rectangular section, maybe 50 x 10mm, butted at the head.
A simple stopped chamfer could help to relieve the sharpness and give a little visual interest.

 

[ian]

This frame is a simple 100mm x 19mm oak board, routed lap into the header with oak strip 30mm x 10mm pinned on as a jamb over the fixings into the wall after the door was hung .

 

[Penners]

the aesthetic of the place is governed by what you want to live with.

I quite agree with Andrew. What matters is what you like (unless you're listed, in which the CO had better like it, too!).

 

[chuckey]

Don't use steel fixings, they will rust or EVA glue cos it goes black.
Frank

 

[joechip]

Morning all, thanks very much for your replies, this is just the information I needed.

 

[MdB]

Don't use steel fixings, they will rust or EVA glue cos it goes black.
Frank

What fixings / glues are sensible to use with Oak? I suppose brass screws etc but what glue should you use?