Door liners and window boards

[Nick30uk]

Hello all,

So being a complete novice, I am looking for some help in decorating the window boards and door liners for 3 bedrooms. We'll be having new doors hung, but ideally do not want the window sills ripping out and replaced if they can be made to look new. All wood will be painted in white satin finish.

Door liners - I have stripped one of them back using paint stripper and need to sand back further (any advise here on what course sandpaper?). How would I go about filling the old hinge and catch recesses in prep for new doors to be hung? Basically, I want the liners to have a completely smooth finish.

Window boards - we have recently had the windows replaced which has left a gap between the back of the board and the frame of up to 10mm in some places - what could I use here to fill in this gap so it appears the board meets the window frame?

Thanks for your help!
Nick

 

[Gerrydelasel]

Use some 60 grit aluminium oxide paper to really get through the muck (you can buy it on the roll), then smooth off with some 120 grit or similar.

Old hinge holes should be filled neatly with cut blocks of wood glued in, then fill the residual gaps with wood filler or car body filler. Do not use caulk. In a pinch you can forget the wood and just fill the whole thing with filler, but this is a bit of a dodge.

For the window board gaps you might alternatively consider using some quadrant or scotia moulding to cover the gap, rather than try to fill it.

 

[sparkwright]

When the new windows were fitted, the fitters should have fitted a upvc strip over the gaps.

This is what most homes with replacement windows will have.

Trying to fill it with filler or caulk will be a waste of time, as over time it will crack and look awful.

May be worth getting the window people back to do this, they should do a neat job, and will seal any gaps as well.

Surprised they didn't do this at the time...

 

[Nick30uk]

Hi Sparkwright - I asked them not to put upvc trim on. The walls are being skimmed / plastered and want this right up to the frame. They left me the trim to stick on later if need be, but ideally I want the finish to go right up to the window frames and not have upvc trim where the walls and window boards meet the window frame.

 

[sparkwright]

I think you should consider the upvc trim, or you'll end up unsightly cracks and joins.