Carpenters of PH - can you help with my door locks?
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I had a chance to check the thread at work - and yes - what Eddie has achieved - I am aiming for.
I have tried to keep the house period with chandeliers, cornicing, corbels, roses, coving and whatnot as much as possible even down to the firm rejection of LED bulbs. Where these are long gone they have been replaced with reclaims or repro with the exception of the kitchen where I just though f
k it and have built in AV, induction hob and a million sockets etc.
The doors were an amazing and lucky find (though getting them back out of the loft was a real wounder in the summer heat). I have just finished sorting the next two for wax oil and yes, they have woodworm, a couple of cracks and a historic patina - but they are straight and I think that kind of 'warmly worn' finish only adds to them and gives them so much more life than a door from Wickes.
It would seem I have two choices - flip the 'errant' doors or have keeps sunk into the plaster. I will dwell on these so thanks to those that have suggested these options. Theres pros and cons to both - but I will probably get an old door off (much lighter) and see how this works 'flipped' before making a decision. I need to be sure the opening looks ok with the flipped version - and I need to be sure I can sink the keeps without too much collateral damage - so these are my considerations. Nice to have options though.
One final point. The doors have a 'long' panel and a 'short' one in thier makeup (four 'panes' with two upper and two lower). I had always assumed the doors would have the longer panel at the bottom and the shorter at the top like a front door would look. Evidence suggests he had them with the short at the bottom and the long at the top which to me seems upside down? youd open them with a hand at hip level rather than torso level? I dont know if you can see from the pics but the keyhole implies that the doors had the shorter panes at the lower end?
Have I been smoking too much crack - or does this seem, well, upside down? The new locks (either way) will cover the keyhole - so heres a question - put them back how they were or put them back the other way up?
I had a chance to check the thread at work - and yes - what Eddie has achieved - I am aiming for.
I have tried to keep the house period with chandeliers, cornicing, corbels, roses, coving and whatnot as much as possible even down to the firm rejection of LED bulbs. Where these are long gone they have been replaced with reclaims or repro with the exception of the kitchen where I just though f
k it and have built in AV, induction hob and a million sockets etc.The doors were an amazing and lucky find (though getting them back out of the loft was a real wounder in the summer heat). I have just finished sorting the next two for wax oil and yes, they have woodworm, a couple of cracks and a historic patina - but they are straight and I think that kind of 'warmly worn' finish only adds to them and gives them so much more life than a door from Wickes.
It would seem I have two choices - flip the 'errant' doors or have keeps sunk into the plaster. I will dwell on these so thanks to those that have suggested these options. Theres pros and cons to both - but I will probably get an old door off (much lighter) and see how this works 'flipped' before making a decision. I need to be sure the opening looks ok with the flipped version - and I need to be sure I can sink the keeps without too much collateral damage - so these are my considerations. Nice to have options though.
One final point. The doors have a 'long' panel and a 'short' one in thier makeup (four 'panes' with two upper and two lower). I had always assumed the doors would have the longer panel at the bottom and the shorter at the top like a front door would look. Evidence suggests he had them with the short at the bottom and the long at the top which to me seems upside down? youd open them with a hand at hip level rather than torso level? I dont know if you can see from the pics but the keyhole implies that the doors had the shorter panes at the lower end?
Have I been smoking too much crack - or does this seem, well, upside down? The new locks (either way) will cover the keyhole - so heres a question - put them back how they were or put them back the other way up?
paolow said:
It would seem I have two choices - flip the 'errant' doors or have keeps sunk into the plaster. I will dwell on these so thanks to those that have suggested these options. Theres pros and cons to both - but I will probably get an old door off (much lighter) and see how this works 'flipped' before making a decision. I need to be sure the opening looks ok with the flipped version - and I need to be sure I can sink the keeps without too much collateral damage - so these are my considerations. Nice to have options though.
I've no idea whether this is a workable option for you but if you can spare say 10 or 15mm off the doors you could take them to your local Selco or similar and get them on the panel saw. Take that off the hinge side and you could add the same thickness on the the lock side doorframe which could give you enough to install your keeps.Just a thought.
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