Renovating Old Doors

MinMoz

Hi,

Just moved into a new edwardian house today and removed the plywood that is currently nailed to the original doors.

Unfortunately the beading within the door panels has been moved - does anyone have any tips of where to get new beading from?

Thanks.

nickj_2

local builders merchants would be your best place to start

diable

Local decent timber yard is another option.

olias

Any B&Q or similar diy shed have a large selection of mouldings of all sorts of profiles.

If you are planning on painting the doors, then the colour/type of wood the mouldings are made of shouldn't matter.

If you are planning on having them bare wood, and/or require an exact match to beading on other doors, then a good cabinet maker should be able to recreate the profile you require in the correct wood.

Olias

markie1980

you could try a reclamation yard for reclaimed beading, which would probably blend in better than new wood.
Or my FIL has a door and furniture stripping/dipping business and has loads of old beading removed from doors. There are a few of this type of company around the country so you may have one locally to you that could help.

MinMoz

Thanks all. It seems I was a little hasty - took the ply wood off the remaining doors and the majority still have the beading. So, out of a total of 9 doors only 3 need the beading.

Tried B&Q today with no luck so will start looking for alternatives.

Thanks.