Door Trims Too Close - Seeking Solutions
Ana Queiroz
6 years ago
Help my fellow Houzzers! We are currently using 6" door moldings throughout our home for the door and passage ways, however for our second floor hallway we have these 3 doorways (2 bedrooms and a passage way to the attic in the middle) which are quite close to each other. Distance between each opening is 10" so our standard 6" moldings are out of the question.
Reducing to 5" seems strange since they would be touching. Thought about reducing to something even smaller, however there are 2 other doorways in the same hallway that can't be seen in the picture that already have 6" moldings. What should we do?? Would touching moldings be odd? Thanks in advance for your feedback!
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Kathryn P
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Comments (22)"Fred, are you excusing this installation, and consider this acceptable and workmanlike?" It depends on what the GC told the electrician to do. The electrician works for the GC, not the homeowner. If the GC is not willing to pay the electrician to do the extra work, it won't be thrown in for free. Again, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. On about 10% of my jobs with 3.5" trim, I actually get a request to make the cover plates fit snug against the trim. About 33% think there should be at least 1.5" of separation. 33% want exactly .75", and the rest don't care as long as the plate does not get cut, and they don't have to pay extra. None of them get extra work for free. Either the GC has the carpenters put in the appropriate backing, or pays the electrician extra to do it. Again, there is no reason that a standard switch plate should need to be cut from any of the pictures provided....See MoreWall switch too close to door frame- can't add wall plate
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