Putting up moldings?

[snowjim]

Thanks for the tips!

I was pondering a bit over how I have actually placed the moldings around the doors.

The first thing we did was to build up the entrance to the kitchen, which now doesn't have a door frame, and we chose, despite not having a door frame, to have a slight margin in this way:


http://i.imgur.com/mHiyRfz.jpg

We thought this was perfectly okay and continued with 5 mm on the other doors as well. Now in hindsight, the question is whether it was really done well.

On the second door, we can see that we also had to use a trim strip, and we went with 5 mm for each step in the following way:

http://i.imgur.com/FX9M7Sc.jpg


http://i.imgur.com/tC17kFz.jpg

The last door is a patio door, where we actually chose to place the trim strip 10 mm in and then the molding 5 mm in the following way:


http://i.imgur.com/52kcghW.jpg


http://i.imgur.com/bFsp7Dk.jpg
You can see that it gets a bit tight around the handle and lock.

http://i.imgur.com/1cetwsN.jpg

Previously, they set, for example, the window with a trim strip in the following way:


http://i.imgur.com/vNRLiW4.jpg

I.e., quite a bit in, and we probably should have done something similar on the doors?

 

[Oldboy]

It's just a matter of taste how far you set back moldings, or you might be forced to a certain measurement due to gaps, etc. If there is a big difference in setback on nearby windows and doors, it might look a bit odd, but I think it's okay to have a little variation in setback between doors and windows, for example, 10 mm on doors and 5 mm on windows.

Now you only see one window/door per picture in the thread, but it looks good in the pictures. Even if two nearby windows/doors have different molding measurements, it's likely mainly you who will notice it at the beginning.

 

[ItWasntMe]

Then you go over with a little white enamel paint and a mini brush and dab on the nail heads. This is something that the pros don't do because it takes way too long, but done right, it becomes more invisible than with a nail gun.

If you work on large construction sites and have a piecework agreement, then it's not done.
If you work professionally for private individuals and have a high level as a carpenter, everyone uses touch-up paint on the nail heads. I know no one who doesn't use a touch-up pen.
Personally, I even use acrylic caulk and fill in the small hole if the brad nailer went too deep.