Grahame Collins
10th January 2008, 12:15 AM
Hi everyone,
After a week of renovation the son and I constructed an internal wall and fitted an internal door. The door is a standard softwood frame with hardboard skin,nothing special.
It was hung on its hinges and fitted with lock and lock plate and opened and closed flawlessly for the best part of a week while the the rest of the room was completed and painted.
We removed the door and undercoated and painted the door jambs and architraves no problem,then undercoated and painted the door. We finish coated the door in enamel as were the jambs and architraves.
I am aware that painting one side only of any large surface is an invitation for warping. Given that, we top coated the edges first and then re hung the door and did the finish coat to the broad surfaces while it hung back on its 3 hinges.
The door now has a 4mm warp in it and won't close on the original lock plate position. I know its only an adjustment but it means moving the lock plate screw hole positions (I'll fill the old ones with plasti bond and re drill ) but I am wondering was there anything else we could have done to avoid this warping. Its a pain in the bum as I had it fitting really well with equal gaps all round.
Grahame
After a week of renovation the son and I constructed an internal wall and fitted an internal door. The door is a standard softwood frame with hardboard skin,nothing special.
It was hung on its hinges and fitted with lock and lock plate and opened and closed flawlessly for the best part of a week while the the rest of the room was completed and painted.
We removed the door and undercoated and painted the door jambs and architraves no problem,then undercoated and painted the door. We finish coated the door in enamel as were the jambs and architraves.
I am aware that painting one side only of any large surface is an invitation for warping. Given that, we top coated the edges first and then re hung the door and did the finish coat to the broad surfaces while it hung back on its 3 hinges.
The door now has a 4mm warp in it and won't close on the original lock plate position. I know its only an adjustment but it means moving the lock plate screw hole positions (I'll fill the old ones with plasti bond and re drill ) but I am wondering was there anything else we could have done to avoid this warping. Its a pain in the bum as I had it fitting really well with equal gaps all round.
Grahame