The brief was to make 2 x copies of the doors in a house
that had recently had an extension put on..
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General description
The existing doors were photographed and their
proportions measured up very carefully. All joints were to
be through mortise and tennons and wedged as per the
originals.
The principal difficulty was colour matching. Two water
based dyes and appropriate mix was finally selected. The
water dyes tend to accentuate the grain better than spirit
dyes. The finish was satin polyurethane sprayed on and cut
back after both the first and second coat.
Photo 1 above: An existing door
Photo 2nd left above: Copies being made up. Here you see
the mullions (centre vertical pieces of timber that divide
the panels) with their coving and machined to take the
panels. No applied mouldings here!!
Photo 3 3rd left above: Completed copy - albeit upside down - but
nevertheless with unusual proportions.
Photo 4 far right above: One of the two copies in place, leading
to the new ensuite bathroom.
