Hi everyone,
I've been a reader of the forum for several years and have always found the help and information on here VERY useful. It's probably clear how useful it is because I've not had to post on here until now, despite my partner and I restoring a 1750s house to bring it back from the brink of dereliction for the past 2 years.
We're just keen DIYers - we certainly wouldn't claim to be very good at it - so we've employed professionals to take care of the jobs that we would be very able to make a mess of.
But where we've been able to do bits ourselves, we have done: I designed our kitchen from scratch (drawings, measurements, spec etc) and we had it made by a company in Dorset. We then painted it all up and made it ready for fitting by someone who wouldn't destroy it like I would have done trying to fit it. We also restored the fireplaces and landscaped the garden from the wasteland it once was. Given that we needed all new windows throughout, new roofs, a new bathroom and that the place needed to be fully replastered, painted, carpeted etc, we're pleased with how it's turning out. We both have full time jobs so I'm sure many others on here will know what it's like to do a full day at work, then come to the house, spend 5 hours working, then go home (whilst the house-in-progress was uninhabitable) and then doing the same thing the following day and every day...
Currently I'm trying to fit dado rail and panelling in the dining room and hallway. I know that in modern houses dado is pretty much thought of as being outdated, but we believe that our house would have had some fairly fancy panel work on the lower walls. Besides, our walls are quite large and we've felt for some time that they could just do with something to fill them up a bit. So far it's looking pretty good and I'm pleased with the results I'm getting with my shoddy collection of tools and complete lack of experience with this kind of job.
Anyway, after all my rambling, the question I have concerns returning the dado rail to the wall where it meets a doorway. In the dining room, where the skirting meets the same doorway, we have returned it to the wall. We didn't want it to go through the doorway because it's actually an open archway and would have looked odd with skirting running through it. You can see a picture of this, below:
Click to enlarge
Where the dado rail reaches the same doorway, I had planned to use a coping saw to return it to the wall in the same way. However, I have come across a problem because the dado rail is not a uniform shape and has a bulbous 'nose' at the top.
Here is the profile we've used:
So, the question is, how can I return or terminate this dado rail where it meets the doorway? My only other idea is to put a 45 degree (or thereabouts) mitre cut on the end of it and then blend it to the wall that way...
Any help or suggestions are gratefully received!
Thanks,
Andy
I've been a reader of the forum for several years and have always found the help and information on here VERY useful. It's probably clear how useful it is because I've not had to post on here until now, despite my partner and I restoring a 1750s house to bring it back from the brink of dereliction for the past 2 years.
We're just keen DIYers - we certainly wouldn't claim to be very good at it - so we've employed professionals to take care of the jobs that we would be very able to make a mess of.
But where we've been able to do bits ourselves, we have done: I designed our kitchen from scratch (drawings, measurements, spec etc) and we had it made by a company in Dorset. We then painted it all up and made it ready for fitting by someone who wouldn't destroy it like I would have done trying to fit it. We also restored the fireplaces and landscaped the garden from the wasteland it once was. Given that we needed all new windows throughout, new roofs, a new bathroom and that the place needed to be fully replastered, painted, carpeted etc, we're pleased with how it's turning out. We both have full time jobs so I'm sure many others on here will know what it's like to do a full day at work, then come to the house, spend 5 hours working, then go home (whilst the house-in-progress was uninhabitable) and then doing the same thing the following day and every day...
Currently I'm trying to fit dado rail and panelling in the dining room and hallway. I know that in modern houses dado is pretty much thought of as being outdated, but we believe that our house would have had some fairly fancy panel work on the lower walls. Besides, our walls are quite large and we've felt for some time that they could just do with something to fill them up a bit. So far it's looking pretty good and I'm pleased with the results I'm getting with my shoddy collection of tools and complete lack of experience with this kind of job.
Anyway, after all my rambling, the question I have concerns returning the dado rail to the wall where it meets a doorway. In the dining room, where the skirting meets the same doorway, we have returned it to the wall. We didn't want it to go through the doorway because it's actually an open archway and would have looked odd with skirting running through it. You can see a picture of this, below:
Click to enlarge
Where the dado rail reaches the same doorway, I had planned to use a coping saw to return it to the wall in the same way. However, I have come across a problem because the dado rail is not a uniform shape and has a bulbous 'nose' at the top.
Here is the profile we've used:
So, the question is, how can I return or terminate this dado rail where it meets the doorway? My only other idea is to put a 45 degree (or thereabouts) mitre cut on the end of it and then blend it to the wall that way...
Any help or suggestions are gratefully received!
Thanks,
Andy