Back in Maidenhead, having given ourselves a sound backing for the repairs to the doors themselves, we set about making new linings where the originals were too damaged to keep or a minor repair would have been inadequate. The linings were made from 10-inch planks of solid Accoya, fitted and squared up to the doors for a perfect fit.
All that remained to be done was replace the decorative finishes for the doors which in true Edwardian style consisted of architraves with a fairly wide ogee profile. We gave some very careful consideration to the choice of material for the architraves and after a cup of tea and a head scratch followed by some test cuts, we opted to make them from joinery standard pine and have them pressure treated. Once coated up with a long-life paint and assuming the paintwork is maintained to a reasonable standard, they should have a similar service life to the Accoya linings they are fixed to.
The last job was to install the architraves with nice, tight mitres, using the right weather resistant materials to ensure the most vulnerable areas of the design will last long into the future.
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