Double doors to single

[Adam Clarke]

Hi

Hoping someone can give some advice re reducing an existing internal double door opening to a single. At the moment we have double doors into the living room, and ideally we want to reduce to a single to get a bit of extra wall space as one of the doors is permanently locked so doesn't serve any purpose. The doors are through a solid wall. Doing some work in living room any way to create a false chimney breast so going to have to get a plasterer in, so if we're going to do this makes sense to do it now, but just wanted a steer to know whether it is worth the hassle and how much work would it be for a joiner.

Effectively I see two options;
1) come off one side of the existing door frame and fit a new vertical liner a single door width away - just not sure whether it would need tying into the header at top of existing frame or if it could just be butted up. Door could be hung from the solid side to ensure its stronger
2) completely rip out existing double door frame and fit single door casing.

Option one also has another slight issue in that the redundant opening would be studded out, plasterboarded and skimmed - however the old door lining would still be there which will obviously be pretty much level with the finished wall, so would have to be skimmed over - not sure whether putting some form of beading or taping over the wood would work, or if would forever have the problem of a door shaped crack appearing around the line of the frame.

Thanks for any advice

Adam

 

[Deleted member 174758]

Rip out the old doors and casing, make up a new stud wall infill and bosrd out install a new casing, scrim joints and skim plaster, swing the door, fit the architraves and skirtings, lock-out and finally redecorate.

Trying to piece in around an existing door casing is really a bit of a bodge job which will be nigh on inpossible to get looking right. Door casing same level as face of plaster? Not always, by any means. Often a millimetre or two proud