Hi,
I hope someone can offer me advice on my situation.
I've had old, unattractive hollow core doors throughout the inside of my house replaced with pre-hung, solid wood doors. The new frames are slightly different from the old ones, and gaps in the hardwood floors have become exposed. These gaps can be as big as 1/4" by 1" or thereabouts.
One idea I have for covering up these gaps is to install interior thresholds on the problematic doorways. Cutting the thresholds to perfectly wrap around the door frame, especially the moulding, seems difficult if not impossible.
My questions are: should I simply try to cut the ends of the threshold as best I can, and accept imperfections, or should I cut, say 5/8" off the bottom of the door frame and slide the threshold underneath? Is there a power tool that would help me make a good cut so close to the floor?
Alternatively, is there a better way to fill these gaps? Some of the gaps run the full width of the door frame's moulding, and it might look a little strange to have the threshold going that far.
Thank you, Bob Alexander