Recent content by tinker

Hello all, I have a difficult termination/transition to do on some skirting board in my house, where solid oak skirting in the kitchen reaches a step up into the hallway. The step sticks out into the room with a bullnose edge, and I have scribed the skirting board around this, leaving the top...

Many thanks for all your replies. I decided to try the wedge method and although time consuming and difficult, it is solid.

Many thanks for all your replies, and thank you for the diagram, Triton, that was what I had in mind. My only other question was for that type of repair, would a hard wood insert be alright with a soft wood frame (although a hard one at that). Here is a photo of one of the hinge recesses for...

I am wondering about the best method to repair a door frame where the hinge recesses have been drilled out far too many times. They have had previous dowel insert repairs and the door frame has split through the screw holes. The door frame is quite substantial and embedded in the wall of an old...