I’m quoting a job that has 90% curved walls. They will be appx. 6″ thick-can I hang straight doors in the openings and get a full swing from the doors? If so, is thereand literature to give me a heads up?
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Depends entirely on the radius of the curves.
If the curves are shallow enough.... straight headers and doors can work. If the curves are more severe.... you're in it.
Can you post a pic of the drawings? I'm not your guy.... but I'm sure there's someone here that can help you out big time with a little more information.
Radius is appx. 14-15 foot. I'll see what I can do about drawings
That's a little tighter than mine, but if your doors are reasonable width (mine is 48") and you get the hinge pins in the right place, shouldn't be a problem.PAHS Designer/Builder- Bury it!
Very small radius could be a problem.
Anything like this?
PAHS Designer/Builder- Bury it!
There was an article in FHB about 2-3 years ago ... the back cover had the guy doing flips off the top plate. The addition was curved pretty tight, and he illustrated how he installed straight doors in a curved wall.
I'm sorry, I thought you wanted it done the right way.
You may want to cut a new curved head-jamb, with a jig saw or bandsaw, out of a 1x8 or 1x10 (if the radius is tight). Or, cut curved jamb extensions to add on (sounds like jambs will need to be ordered custom or extended anyway).
If the door swings to the concave side, the jambs would have to be proud of the opening to have a full swing and the casing would need a thick backbanding or stepped casing.
Edit to add: The "thick backbanding" would only be required for the convex side of a tight radius. The jamb has to be proud on the concave side a different distance depending on the width of the casing (hold a short piece of casing on the jamb to find the "minimum proudness factor". You can go "extra proud" to match the backbanding on the convex side and get more swing.
Edited 5/8/2005 11:54 am ET by basswood