Stable door
#16
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Re: Stable door
What usually happens with old houses with out of square window apertures is that the old windows/doors are removed and the aperture lined to make it square then a door/ window fitted, Sometimes the aperture is squared up first and sometimes it is done at fitting. Either way it is very unusual to make an out of square window / door to fit the hole, apart from anything else all the joinery machinery is set up to do square joints and to alter everything to make corners a few (variable) degrees off would be prohibitively expensive if you could find someone to do it.
But before doing anything you should ensure that movement that made it out of square is historic and not on-going.
E.G. a 2 - 5 cm of of square is an easy fix, the new window is fitted square and then the gap would be foamed in and a decorative beading shaped to cover the foamed in gap.
But before doing anything you should ensure that movement that made it out of square is historic and not on-going.
E.G. a 2 - 5 cm of of square is an easy fix, the new window is fitted square and then the gap would be foamed in and a decorative beading shaped to cover the foamed in gap.
#17
Re: Stable door
What usually happens with old houses with out of square window apertures is that the old windows/doors are removed and the aperture lined to make it square then a door/ window fitted, Sometimes the aperture is squared up first and sometimes it is done at fitting. Either way it is very unusual to make an out of square window / door to fit the hole, apart from anything else all the joinery machinery is set up to do square joints and to alter everything to make corners a few (variable) degrees off would be prohibitively expensive if you could find someone to do it.
But before doing anything you should ensure that movement that made it out of square is historic and not on-going.
E.G. a 2 - 5 cm of of square is an easy fix, the new window is fitted square and then the gap would be foamed in and a decorative beading shaped to cover the foamed in gap.
But before doing anything you should ensure that movement that made it out of square is historic and not on-going.
E.G. a 2 - 5 cm of of square is an easy fix, the new window is fitted square and then the gap would be foamed in and a decorative beading shaped to cover the foamed in gap.
I've got double windows with 20cms of wood in between, so I'm not sure how you'd manage to square the window without it being noticeable?
#18
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Re: Stable door
There's only one window in my house that's out of square. Someone had either lost their spirit level or maybe had had too much palinka when they built it.
I've got double windows with 20cms of wood in between, so I'm not sure how you'd manage to square the window without it being noticeable?
I've got double windows with 20cms of wood in between, so I'm not sure how you'd manage to square the window without it being noticeable?
#19
Re: Stable door
Only an aside.
If you have opposing windows doors open make sure you have some form of door stop fitted to all internal doors, because it don't half scare the bijibbers out of you when they slam shut! Especially important if any of them have glass panel.
If you have opposing windows doors open make sure you have some form of door stop fitted to all internal doors, because it don't half scare the bijibbers out of you when they slam shut! Especially important if any of them have glass panel.