Hello ...tee hinges

[sue denim]

I am nearly at the stage of the house restoration when I can fit some doors. I am making ledged doors (no frame or brace) from 20mm thick oak. I want to use 'nice' tee hinges but I haven't seen a practical way of fitting architrave to a frame that has tee hinges on it. Cutting the back out of the architrave looks a bit bodgy and creates a problem should the door ever need removing.
Has anyone come up with a solution that looks good.?

 

[Cowboy _Builder]

Hi Sue ,
Ledged Oak doors without a brace sounds like a recipe for some future movement ,the only time i've used this method I rebated the ledges into the back of the door about 1/4 of an inch , but the Oak on those doors was around 30m/m so much more weight involved , maybe a bit over the top but it hasn't moved in about 10 years .

I would cut the back out of the architrave so the weight of the door is mostly on the shank of the screw rather than the thread as the only other way to hang them is to chop them into the rebate of the frame as in a normal hinge .

 

[AndyT]

I think this might be a problem because architraves only really go with 'higher class' doors which don't need tee hinges, which are suitable for sheds etc where construction is simpler. But, for what it's worth, our late Victorian house has a couple of ledged doors in the basement, fitted with ordinary butts, and they've been ok for the first hundred years now.

 

[hanser]

Sue

Another variant - original feature in our 'workers cottage'. The T hinges are recessed into the frame and the architrave planted over.