Why Not Do Butted Door Casing?
It’s funny how you see so few instances of butted door casing. Most door casing tends to be mitered at the corners with 45 degree angle cuts. Easy enough to do. Other door casing is the casing-and-rosette style. Maybe some people think that butted door casing looks cheap, and I admit that there is the danger of this if you just slap up three 1×4’s and pronounce it “door casing.” And believe me, in my younger years–living in grad-school places of disrepute–I did see this kind of make-believe door casing. One problem is that it’s difficult to abut the two pieces of casing if they are heavily ornamented. It can look very strange. For instance, two pieces of fluted trim might not work. So, you’re relegated to using more plain casing. It does help to have a quarter-inch-or-so of header casing overlap on both sides to fancy it up a bit. Image Copyright Lee Wallender/ Licensed to About.com Comments (0)See All Posts
