I have a door casing that I'm not quite sure how to attach.
Nailing is a bit tricky because the door is a sliding door, the nail can't go too far, and there's also a bit too much flex in the wall to want to use a hammer (can't reach to hold against it without disassembling the door + cover strips). A nail gun with short nails might work, but I'm not too keen on buying another tool that I don't have much use for.
So my thought was to screw and fill over, but it seems difficult to find sufficiently small screws with a narrow countersunk head. (The moldings are profiled, so it becomes complicated to fill larger heads neatly.)
Gluing doesn't seem like a great option either.
Nailing is a bit tricky because the door is a sliding door, the nail can't go too far, and there's also a bit too much flex in the wall to want to use a hammer (can't reach to hold against it without disassembling the door + cover strips). A nail gun with short nails might work, but I'm not too keen on buying another tool that I don't have much use for.
So my thought was to screw and fill over, but it seems difficult to find sufficiently small screws with a narrow countersunk head. (The moldings are profiled, so it becomes complicated to fill larger heads neatly.)
Gluing doesn't seem like a great option either.
Those screws are a bit tricky!
If something goes wrong, and you'd like to unscrew them, it's practically impossible.
This is due to the "reverse-threaded" section under the head.
(And yes, I have lots of them in my wall panels.
But for moldings and trims, I prefer to use dyckert nails.)
Gluing sounds good!
I'll try that tomorrow on window trims with No More Nails.
Wish me good luck
If something goes wrong, and you'd like to unscrew them, it's practically impossible.
This is due to the "reverse-threaded" section under the head.
(And yes, I have lots of them in my wall panels.
But for moldings and trims, I prefer to use dyckert nails.)
Gluing sounds good!
I'll try that tomorrow on window trims with No More Nails.
Wish me good luck
you can always rent or borrow machines
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· Västernorrland
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small brads maybe? Nailed all the moldings in the pearents' house with them. But you have to be careful at the end because you usually have to drive them in with a flat punch if you hit them in a recess. If you're precise, the end result is almost invisible and requires no further work. Kind of like using a nail gun but manually.