Stuart Noble wrote:
51 wrote:
Stuart Noble wrote:
F wrote:
We have a wide rectangular opening (wide doorway, but no door) between a
dining room and kitchen.

Both ceilings are to be emulsioned and the vertical faces on the kitchen
side of the wall are to be tiled and finished with a plastic edging strip.

The dining room wall to the left and right and above the opening is to
be wallpapered but I'm not sure how to treat the underside of the actual
opening. Is it emulsioned, in which case I will have raw wallpaper edges
along the vertical/underside transition, or is it papered? Or is there a
third way?

I guess the third way would be to have architrave on the dining room
side, and possibly a wood lining on the inside of the opening. You
really don't want unprotected edges round a doorway

I have an identical situation in my house.
I was planning to line the inner surfaces of the opening with timbers.
But I'm unsure of what timber to use.
The kitchen side will be tiled and dining room side will be painted.
I want to have the skirtings on each side to butt against the lining
timbers but
the timbers would need to be about 11" wide do this. I
I was looking at a nice hardwood to do this but at 11" wide would be
quite expensive.
could use thick plywood with something to finish the edge.

You wouldn't need an edge as this would be covered by the architrave,
and the skirting would meet that. If the inner surfaces are to be
painted, just use mdf. Otherwise, something more decorative, like birch
faced ply. 11" is too wide for wood, especially as it only needs to be
half an inch thick

Thanks, Stuart.
I've had a search for suppliers of birch faced ply and also oak
veneered ply for another project.
I found a 'Peter Benson Plywood' but they aonly sell to trade or
private if they coma and collect.

Do you know any national retailers?

Arthur