Slowly but surely, my house renovation is going wrong at every turn. The polished concrete for my kitchen walls has gone on looking like white plaster, my floor levelling appears to have been done by Stevie Wonder and Ray Charles under the expert tutiludge of Hellen Keller, and my door linings are knackered.
So, first things first - the door linings.
I have had every lining replaced in the house, as they were pretty knocked about and showing signs of 30-years or wear and tear. Given the cost of the project as a whole and spending out on new doors throughout, I thought it made sense.
Unfortunately, while the actual carpentry seems okay (square, level and plumb) the legs on almost every single one are twisted. And they must have gone on like that, as spare parts left behind show a pronounced twist. No idea where they were sourced from, however. Would assume Howdens but they feel cheap.
Anyway, my feeling is they need sorting. My carpenter has said that to a greater or lesser degree they will do what they have, but has offered to replace with whatever I see fit and cover the cost. He suggested I might want to think about MDF as an option.
Firstly, he’s annoyed me by installing, what I think, are crappy door linings. Secondly, he’s kind of making excuses about the materials.
But... how much of what he said is accurate? I’ve read plenty of horror stories on the internets about twisted/warped linings, but not being knowledgable about this sort of thing, I don’t know whether that is par for the course.
Any advice for what I should do, knowledgeable people? Softwood and insist he gets decent quality and refuse to have them (re)fitted if they are twisted? Or perhaps go MDF?
PS. I appreciate the situation is hard to picture without, well, pictures, but I can try and upload some when I get onto a proper computer.
So, first things first - the door linings.
I have had every lining replaced in the house, as they were pretty knocked about and showing signs of 30-years or wear and tear. Given the cost of the project as a whole and spending out on new doors throughout, I thought it made sense.
Unfortunately, while the actual carpentry seems okay (square, level and plumb) the legs on almost every single one are twisted. And they must have gone on like that, as spare parts left behind show a pronounced twist. No idea where they were sourced from, however. Would assume Howdens but they feel cheap.
Anyway, my feeling is they need sorting. My carpenter has said that to a greater or lesser degree they will do what they have, but has offered to replace with whatever I see fit and cover the cost. He suggested I might want to think about MDF as an option.
Firstly, he’s annoyed me by installing, what I think, are crappy door linings. Secondly, he’s kind of making excuses about the materials.
But... how much of what he said is accurate? I’ve read plenty of horror stories on the internets about twisted/warped linings, but not being knowledgable about this sort of thing, I don’t know whether that is par for the course.
Any advice for what I should do, knowledgeable people? Softwood and insist he gets decent quality and refuse to have them (re)fitted if they are twisted? Or perhaps go MDF?
PS. I appreciate the situation is hard to picture without, well, pictures, but I can try and upload some when I get onto a proper computer.
