Looking to repair/restore a 1930s front door with oval leaded light. I am stripping off the paint manually.
There are a number of old lock holes in a variety of places. A horizontal 3 lever sashlock. A badly placed yale lock and a lower mortice deadlock (which is in a good position).
I am looking to fill the hrizontal sashlock, key hole and handle hole and possibly the yale. I would prefer to fill it with a similar type of wood and get it to match as closely as possible (even though I will be painting over it in the future).
My Question:
I think the door will be quality softwood (pine heartwood) of that period. Would I be correct in this assumption? With regards to filling, what would be the best timber to fill it with, a modern pine? Douglas Fir? Or timber from he same period?
I managed to get all the timber from my neigbours wooden windows of the same period. Will those windows be consructed with the same wood? If so I would guess this would be a good match?
Is this a simple job for most carpenters/joiners...or is really easy to muck it up and make it look bad?
There are a number of old lock holes in a variety of places. A horizontal 3 lever sashlock. A badly placed yale lock and a lower mortice deadlock (which is in a good position).
I am looking to fill the hrizontal sashlock, key hole and handle hole and possibly the yale. I would prefer to fill it with a similar type of wood and get it to match as closely as possible (even though I will be painting over it in the future).
My Question:
I think the door will be quality softwood (pine heartwood) of that period. Would I be correct in this assumption? With regards to filling, what would be the best timber to fill it with, a modern pine? Douglas Fir? Or timber from he same period?
I managed to get all the timber from my neigbours wooden windows of the same period. Will those windows be consructed with the same wood? If so I would guess this would be a good match?
Is this a simple job for most carpenters/joiners...or is really easy to muck it up and make it look bad?