Not Enough Room For Trim Around Door

Our poor jambs are buried in the walls and we don t have enough room for trim on some of the doors.

Not enough room for trim around door.

We are going to replace the door slabs soon with nice 6 panel ones but i feel it s still missing something without the trim. The standard 2 inch width works well in most newer constructions where doors are located near the edges of the room and carpenters won t have enough room to install anything wider. When the contractor used 12inch block not 10inch block we lost a couple of inches. Here are some of the details.

The one that came with the hardware is not tall enough because of our carpet. If you can t purchase the trim in long enough lengths don t worry. Option 1 is easier. As i answered to emily currently the door is rubbing the trim slightly at the bottom because we are waiting for a door guide from another company.

Applying trim in confined spaces frustrates many people. Purchase your trim in lengths long enough to cover each wall. We just realized at the place where a base cabinet meets with the door to our dining room there isn t the standard amount of space for the same trim that will be used around the other doors. Which is better is entirely a personal preference.

I ve had to do this with door trim and haven t been unhappy. There is only 1 5 and we need 3 5. Any suggestions are much appreciated. The reality is that we sometimes we have to rip trim down to narrower pieces in order to apply it to a door or window and a wall.

First remove enough drywall so the trim can span the jamb and wall without rocking photo 2. Build out the opening so the trim will fit. What it lacks however is the warmth and varied grain pattern you can only find in real wood. New kitchen addition finally getting to the finishing trim.

But even now a regular 45 degree miter won t fit because the molding has to tilt down to meet the jamb. Rip the trim down so it is narrow for the place where it won t fit. This trim is far more stable than wood but cuts much the same if not easier. In a perfect finish carpentry world all doors and windows would be installed with enough space to apply full width trim like in the picture below.

Pondering what to do about an interior kitchen passthrough no door that leads to a foyer where on the right side only i cannot fit a piece of 1x4 trim because the kitchen cabinets were installed too close to the wall not my fault. Trim works well along the middle of a wall three quarters down from the ceiling around windows and doors or along the edges of architectural features such as built in bookcases or recessed. Correct this problem by tilting the trim on the bed of the miter box to match the angle at which it rests against.