I'm just planing a new door to fit into it's new frame. It's been sat
inside for about a year, so if anything I guess it will have shrunk
slightly. The door and frame are made from Sapele wood. What sort of
gap should I have round the door to allow for any movement and so I
don't have to take it off and re-plane it? At the moment I have about
1mm all round. Thanks.

On 21 Sep 2005 12:22:25 -0700, rjc4687@hotmail.com wrote:

| I'm just planing a new door to fit into it's new frame. It's been sat
| inside for about a year, so if anything I guess it will have shrunk
| slightly. The door and frame are made from Sapele wood. What sort of
| gap should I have round the door to allow for any movement and so I
| don't have to take it off and re-plane it? At the moment I have about
| 1mm all round. Thanks.

It will get damp when fitted as an outside door and expand, so bit more
then that.  I took my sister's door off <mumble><curse> times as it
expanded.

I swore by Atomic bronze door seal strip for external doors, but it appears
to have gone of the market :-(
-- 
Dave Fawthrop <dave hyphenologist co uk> 
"Intelligent Design?" my knees say *not*.
"Intelligent Design?" my back says *not*.

rjc4687@hotmail.com wrote:

> I'm just planing a new door to fit into it's new frame. It's been sat
> inside for about a year, so if anything I guess it will have shrunk
> slightly. The door and frame are made from Sapele wood. What sort of
> gap should I have round the door to allow for any movement and so I
> don't have to take it off and re-plane it? At the moment I have about
> 1mm all round. Thanks.
> 


If you can find out what the thickness of the old two shilling piece 
was, that was reckoned to be the right clearance :-)
The important thing is that the door closes tightly against the door 
stop, which is what stops the draughts.

On Wed, 21 Sep 2005 20:34:38 +0100, Dave Fawthrop
<invalid@hyphenologist.co.uk.invalid> wrote:



>I swore by Atomic bronze door seal strip for external doors, but it appears
>to have gone of the market :-(


My favorite too - still available from US at least:-

http://www.kilianhardware.com/sprinbronwea.html

Geo

Geo  wrote in message
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> On Wed, 21 Sep 2005 20:34:38 +0100, Dave Fawthrop
> <invalid@hyphenologist.co.uk.invalid> wrote:
>
>
> >I swore by Atomic bronze door seal strip for external doors, but it
appears
> >to have gone of the market :-(
>
> My favorite too - still available from US at least:-
>
> http://www.kilianhardware.com/sprinbronwea.html
>
> Geo


Agreed
I don't have double glazing or plastic doors but do have 20+ casement /sash
windows
Atomic strip despite the name is the difference between chilly and frozen
solid come a real winter.

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