We are all working really hard to get all of the finishing lines today, in preparation for starting on the door hardware (handles, stoppers and the like).
I was mainly concentrated in the hallway finishing off outstanding architraves around the doors and also the skirting. Some areas were skipped out as Ola is still putting the shelves in the wardrobe so the door frame has not been added yet.
I also did the skirting and skotia's in the lounge area as well, which kept me occupied for the day. The skotia is pretty much done, except for a small section as we are waiting for the kitchen cabinetry to be installed before doing. It was the first time I dealt with having to join lengths of skotia timber together to cover the long runs of the room.
A mitre cut was used and was done whilst the timber was standing on edge. When attaching the two lengths together, glue had to be placed in between them to provide additional adhesion but also help seal the join and keep it as tight as possible and not so reactive to movement of the structure.
The skirting was straight forward, and the same as how things had been going throughout the rest of the house. There was a section however that was not sitting flush with the door frame. On discovery it was found that the gap between the gib and the floor was larger than normal, so that when the skirting was leaned up against this area, the ridge on the back of the skirting wasn't substantial enough so the whole bottom section of the skirting sat at an angle inwards.
To fix this, I had to place a packer 10mm thick (gib thickness) so that the skirting would hit against something and sit straight against the wall.
Some architraves gave the appearance to be protruding in comparison to the skirting as well, this was due to the fact that the bottom section was not fixed securely enough. With the addition of panel pins these were all aligned.
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