We moved into an old cottage this year and the internal doors upstairs are ledged knotty pine, stained (some time ago) with an orange/brown stain.
All of the doors have slipped as there is no bracing, and some of the doors have warped so that at the top they are hard against the door stop and at the bottom there is a large gap. This is especially the case of the bathroom door, presumably due to moisture.
We have decided to replace the doors and have ordered similar knotty pine doors, ledged and braced, unfinished, which I will cut down to size to fit the door frames (all different heights and widths!) using a circular saw. Since the current orange/brown colour is very dark, we have decided to treat the new doors with a number of coats of danish oil so they remain light in appearance, rather than painting or staining.
The new doors arrive this week and I have the following questions that I would be very grateful for your collective advice on:
Thank you in advance for any advice on this project!
P.
All of the doors have slipped as there is no bracing, and some of the doors have warped so that at the top they are hard against the door stop and at the bottom there is a large gap. This is especially the case of the bathroom door, presumably due to moisture.
We have decided to replace the doors and have ordered similar knotty pine doors, ledged and braced, unfinished, which I will cut down to size to fit the door frames (all different heights and widths!) using a circular saw. Since the current orange/brown colour is very dark, we have decided to treat the new doors with a number of coats of danish oil so they remain light in appearance, rather than painting or staining.
The new doors arrive this week and I have the following questions that I would be very grateful for your collective advice on:
- When the doors arrive, is it necessary for them to acclimatise to the house before they are hung? If so, for how long, and should the be left to acclimatise before or after they are cut to size, and before or after they have been oiled?
- If we were painting the doors, it is my understanding that we would need to use knotting solution on the knots first. Is this still necessary since we are oiling the doors with danish oil?
- When oiling the doors, should we also oil the end grain? Any other considerations when oiling pine doors?
- Are there any precautions we should take to prevent the doors from warping in the way the existing doors have?
Thank you in advance for any advice on this project!
P.