Architrave and adjustments

[Jupiter01]

I want to amend these door frames and get rid of the top section. I want the architrave just above the door. Can you please suggest how I blend the top into the wall and fit my new architrave just above the door, like they are with most doors.

Thanks in advance.

 

[big-all]

you will probably have a "borrowed light " above the door covered over[window to add light to a stair or corridor without a window]
your solution will involve loads off work and possibly broken glass
you will have to remove the panel and glass iff fitted
reform a frame for the plasterboard to fix too then you can think off the architrave

 

[Jupiter01]

you will probably have a "borrowed light " above the door covered over[window to add light to a stair or corridor without a window]
your solution will involve loads off work and possibly broken glass
you will have to remove the panel and glass iff fitted
reform a frame for the plasterboard to fix too then you can think off the architrave

I have added some extra lights in the landing. Light will not be an issue.
Can I carefully remove the glass and then use a recip saw to cut here (black lines):


I can then build a frame for some plasterboard above this?

I assume this isn’t holding any structure above it or load-bearing in any way?

Thanks again.

 

[big-all]

no load just a remove [or cover ]glass and panelling and treat as part off the wall

in general do not recip you need to expose what is there and form a game plan what will be behind will probably be a frame that needs panel and glass removed then baton added to give a lip for plasterboard to sit on
you can fudge or bodge it but you need old and new edge to be tied in together to avoid cracks so iff you have at least 20mm behind the plasterboard so around 35mm from the front face you can just apply a 22x22mm baton but suspect sealed finished face on the back but the step on the side you show needing removal
in general recip saw tend to be full wooden window removals and demolition virtually never small internal as internal tend to be studs with timber added so more prise apart back to stud then add

 

[yorksbuilder]

I've just done one of those.
Remove the beading, panel/glass pane, build a stud frame, add insulation, plasterboard both sides.
Cut back top layer of plaster on both sides, add scrim tape over the joint between old and new, to avoid cracks later

Plaster over the top and then sand and paint.

With regards to your architrave, don't use recip saw or cut square as indicated! Use tenon saw or mini circular saw/multi tool to cut the vertical ones to 45 degrees to fit the top original part properly and refit that above the door

 

[robinbanks]

Carefully remove this piece in a one-er and clean up the angled sides

Move it down to here and use it to mark the cuts you need to make (red highlight):

Cut, dispose of all above-door architrave etc, fill the hole above the door with stud/plasterboard/plaster etc, fit the architrave top in the new position

 

[Jupiter01]

Carefully remove this piece in a one-er and clean up the angled sides

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Move it down to here and use it to mark the cuts you need to make (red highlight):

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Cut, dispose of all above-door architrave etc, fill the hole above the door with stud/plasterboard/plaster etc, fit the architrave top in the new position

Many thanks for this.
I am planning to have different and wider architraves, instead of the ones that are there. I guess those diagonals don't need to be too precise as there is plenty on the header plate to fix that section of the architrave too?

Once I have removed the section above this, is it a case of building out an appropriately wide wooden stud frame to mount the plasterboard?

 

[Jupiter01]

With regards to your architrave, don't use recip saw or cut square as indicated! Use tenon saw or mini circular saw/multi tool to cut the vertical ones to 45 degrees to fit the top original part properly and refit that above the door

As above, I am fitting a new style of architrave. In which case, is the use of a recip saw the easiest here? The rough cut will be behind the header architrave if I have understood correctly.

 

[yorksbuilder]

If you are fitting a new architrave then you wont need a recip saw at all, as you will be removing the old architrave and fitting a new one.
Use a mitre saw or mitre box and hand saw to cut the new architrave

 

[Jupiter01]

If you are fitting a new architrave then you wont need a recip saw at all, as you will be removing the old architrave and fitting a new one.
Use a mitre saw or mitre box and hand saw to cut the new architrave

I still want to get rid of the window pane section above and mount the top architrave on top of the door and not on top of the pane, as it is currently.

 

[robinbanks]

Are you planning on doing a lot of DIY, every architrave in the house etc? I'd use it as an opportunity to buy a sliding compound mitre saw!