Not Enough Room For Trim Around Door

In a perfect finish carpentry world all doors and windows would be installed with enough space to apply full width trim like in the picture below.

Not enough room for trim around door.

Build out the opening so the trim will fit. But even now a regular 45 degree miter won t fit because the molding has to tilt down to meet the jamb. The standard 2 inch width works well in most newer constructions where doors are located near the edges of the room and carpenters won t have enough room to install anything wider. First remove enough drywall so the trim can span the jamb and wall without rocking photo 2.

Rip the trim down so it is narrow for the place where it won t fit. Our poor jambs are buried in the walls and we don t have enough room for trim on some of the doors. If you can t purchase the trim in long enough lengths don t worry. As i answered to emily currently the door is rubbing the trim slightly at the bottom because we are waiting for a door guide from another company.

When the contractor used 12inch block not 10inch block we lost a couple of inches. Any suggestions are much appreciated. The one that came with the hardware is not tall enough because of our carpet. There is only 1 5 and we need 3 5.

We are going to replace the door slabs soon with nice 6 panel ones but i feel it s still missing something without the trim. Pondering what to do about an interior kitchen passthrough no door that leads to a foyer where on the right side only i cannot fit a piece of 1x4 trim because the kitchen cabinets were installed too close to the wall not my fault. Correct this problem by tilting the trim on the bed of the miter box to match the angle at which it rests against. Trim works well along the middle of a wall three quarters down from the ceiling around windows and doors or along the edges of architectural features such as built in bookcases or recessed.

Here are some of the details. This trim is far more stable than wood but cuts much the same if not easier. Applying trim in confined spaces frustrates many people. Option 1 is easier.

All wood trim around the doors windows and baseboards have been removed to be replaced with new trim. We just realized at the place where a base cabinet meets with the door to our dining room there isn t the standard amount of space for the same trim that will be used around the other doors. What it lacks however is the warmth and varied grain pattern you can only find in real wood. I ve had to do this with door trim and haven t been unhappy.

New kitchen addition finally getting to the finishing trim. The reality is that we sometimes we have to rip trim down to narrower pieces in order to apply it to a door or window and a wall. Which is better is entirely a personal preference.