Doors that reach all the way to the ceiling....

[MathiasS]

Renovating parts of the basement where the ceiling is low, barely 220.

Doors and frames have been in storage for many years, but apparently, no one considered the ceiling height when they were ordered. They are 210cm high doors, which means the usual door trim I use doesn't fit under the ceiling molding.

No matter how I twist and turn this, it becomes a makeshift solution, and I should buy new doors and trim the frames. However, they are real wood doors, and it feels like a waste of money to get rid of them and buy new ones.

The least bad solution I can think of is to put a board above the door that goes up to the ceiling. Like a 90cm wide base block, roughly... Door trim on the sides connects to this from underneath, and the ceiling molding connects to it on the sides.

Does anyone have any other suggestions?

 

[ronolo]

Let the cornice go over the door and butt the vertical casings against it?

 

[pelpet]

Can't you simply take out the circular saw and the guide and cut off 10 cm at the bottom of both the doors and the frame sides?

 

[Nimajneb]

I think the skurkloss sounds like an okay option.
If you were to cut the door and frame as pulpet suggests, cut from the top side, otherwise the handle will end up too low.

 

[MathiasS]

The doors have a frame around them that I don't want to cut for aesthetic reasons.
A regular ceiling molding does not cover the gap between the frame and the ceiling.

I'll simply have to do a little test and see how it turns out. It would be nice if I could route some profile on the transom so it's not just plain and dull.