help with a door lining

Hi there

I had a carpenter install some custom units for me in our living room and i asked him to also install a new door lining. He ran out of time to do the door lining and since has been fobbing me off with excuses that he is too busy and will get back to me. Not happening i don't think.

So i'll have to employ someone else to get it done and just chase the other for my money.

I'll try best to explain in my terms as i don't quite understand woodwork speak so here goes:

We have non standard size doors al throughout the house downstairs the living room door is smaller than the kitchen door which was recently refurbished i believe it is 1982mm x 762mm

The carpenter bought me round a door lining kit and said it would take an off the shelf door to match the kitchen and all he would do is take 10mm or so off the legs to accommodate the difference in the wall opening.

I want to give the other carpenter i'll be using as much information as possible as i doubt many will be interested in such a small job so i'll have to try to make it appealing and supply plenty of tea and biscuits i guess.

Thanks for any suggestions!

1982mm x 762mm is one of the most common sized doors there is. Just about any style door will be available to you.

Decide what will be your FFL (finished floor level) including your décor, whether that be tiles, laminate, lino etc. Do not take any material off the door legs until you have decided on your FFL.

We allow about 4mm extra onto the lining size (width) when assembling the liner so as to accommodate the door without too much planning.

He should assemble the casing only once he has decided that there are no knots interfering with either the hinge or latch cut-outs. We select each leg accordingly.

Your chippy should be packing the legs first in order to get the head level. He should have identified the optimum fixing points within the masonry so as to avoid duff fixings and pointless holes in the casing legs.

Hope that your walls are fairly plumb. We have used broader casings in order to deal with out-of-plumb walls.

We stagger our side fixings on each leg. Two close fixings horizontally in line can break a brick.

We use foam to supplement the fixings once we happy that all packers and fixings are correct and the legs are plumb BOTH ways.

Before you get a chippy round to put the lining in you need to make sure it's the right width lining I.e 4 1/4 or 5 1/4 inch wide if it's the latter it will probably need ripping down before assembly to fit wall thickness with 4mm extra to allow for skim x2 if the walls are being plastered.

Got someone coming over tomorrow hopefully he will do a stellar job

Thanks for the advice i know what to look for as hes doing the work.