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  • Aug 28, 2009, 09:37 AM
    stevetcg
    Arched Door Jam
    Not sure if this should be here or in interior home improvement...

    I have 3 arched windows from my office to the foyer that are open arches. I built shutter/doors for them but wanted to put in a jam on the inside.

    Can anyone recommend a site/product that I could use to put a 1x2 doorjam into an arch?
  • Aug 28, 2009, 10:40 AM
    hkstroud

    A 1 X 2" jam. Do you by any chance mean door stop? How thick is the walls.
  • Aug 28, 2009, 11:13 AM
    stevetcg
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by hkstroud View Post
    A 1 X 2" jam. Do you by any chance mean door stop? How thick is the walls.

    Yeah - I suppose it would be the stop... you know in a normal door, that thin piece that is furthest inside of the frame, roughtly 1x2 (or 1/2 x 1 1/2 in the rest of my doors)

    The walls are 4in thick, the door/shutters are made from 1x6 vertical risers and 1x3 horiz stringers, mounted flush to one side giving a max thickness of 1 1/2 in.

    Does that make any sense or do I need to snap a picture for reference?
  • Aug 28, 2009, 11:31 AM
    hkstroud

    Sounds like you are referring to the stop. A pic of the opening and the shutters would help but sounds like you could use strips of 1/4 luan to make a curved stop for the top.
  • Aug 28, 2009, 09:40 PM
    21boat

    If I'm getting it right after you hung the (door) shutters and when there closed you want to hide that gap from the shutter to the jamb as a closed door wood.

    Wood sash bead could do the trick and give you a very nice look other then a flat wood stock.
    Mouldings - Sash Bead

    If you have a problem bending soak it in water and then bend it. Or you can use a stiff back saw and partially cut into the wood to bend better.

    Obviously the smaller and thinner the wood stock is, the easier it is to bend.
  • Aug 29, 2009, 06:36 AM
    hkstroud

    Wait a minute, thought you were going to post photos.
  • Aug 29, 2009, 06:37 PM
    21boat

    Steve there are moldings that are bendable but not in sharp curves.

    We were involved in a Church re hap where an artists cleaned off the wax on a big oil painting.

    I made the frame up. To get tear drop curves I gigged out on a ply and used nails to bend the soaked wood to make the first bends. I then re soaked to bend it more ( wide moldings ) for the curve. The fame was big 12' high.. Anyhow gig it if you have too.

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