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  • How to explain this....

    Background:

    • we are having this room skimmed
    • the french doors are recessed and there is a wood panel recess(?)/surround
    • the wall edge of the surround is currently flush with wall, skimming will raise the surface height
    • to mitigate this I'm fixing a 4mm trim (see attached pics)
    • to finish we'll add another thin, but wider trim

      (birds eye view)

      (door frame)

    Problem:
    The top strip of the surround is currently too low in the middle in relation to the wall above. Idk what is out of level, the wall, the wood or a bit of both.
    As a result when I add my 'raising strip', then there will not be a lip in that middle section to plaster up to.

    Question:
    What is the best way to fill that gap?

    Ideas:

    • put a cut off 4mm strip in the middle and then fill it as best I can
  • Yeah you're post in the other thread was what convinced me. We opted for the thin trim tho to remove the inner lip.

    I think because we have such a deep recess I wanted to keep as clean a profile(?) as possible.

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