Hi all
I am in the process of renovating my house and have a question regarding door frames, architraves and skirtings that were fitted after plastering and how best to fill gaps.
In a nutshell the previous tradesmen didn't fit the frames prior to plastering so are having to fit them now and make good afterwards.
The carpenter aligned the heads of the frames to be in line with each other; the original frame openings were standard heights but one had a piece of wood like a window sill (internal access garage door) so the head is higher than others where there is no sill (e.g. the WC), where the lintel was inserted by a previous tradesman to the same height as the garage door - in other words too high. In this case the garage door head (left) was lowered to be in line with the WC (right) and doors trimmed as such.
Therefore as you see in this picture, I have two frames with a big gap in the head that the architrave does not cover, that the carpenter left filled with building foam.
What do you guys recommend I do to fill? Cut the foam back and fill?
I am in the process of renovating my house and have a question regarding door frames, architraves and skirtings that were fitted after plastering and how best to fill gaps.
In a nutshell the previous tradesmen didn't fit the frames prior to plastering so are having to fit them now and make good afterwards.
The carpenter aligned the heads of the frames to be in line with each other; the original frame openings were standard heights but one had a piece of wood like a window sill (internal access garage door) so the head is higher than others where there is no sill (e.g. the WC), where the lintel was inserted by a previous tradesman to the same height as the garage door - in other words too high. In this case the garage door head (left) was lowered to be in line with the WC (right) and doors trimmed as such.
Therefore as you see in this picture, I have two frames with a big gap in the head that the architrave does not cover, that the carpenter left filled with building foam.
What do you guys recommend I do to fill? Cut the foam back and fill?