the component no longer sits level, opens or supports ordinary use as intended. Replace the accepted ordinary decorative surround with suitable joints and fixings, leaving the agreed preparation for finishing.
Signs: a practical repair or compatible installation needs a clear product and access review or a supplied item, trim or fitting is loose, incomplete, damaged or needs adjustment. Causes: local damage that does not establish a structural requirement or an incomplete assembly or a mismatched replacement component.
The decorative material needs sound ordinary support and appropriate fixings. Hidden services and uncertain substrate must be considered before attachment. This task excludes structural reinforcement and should not be used to stabilise an unsound frame through decorative trim.
The base of an architrave often meets skirting of a particular thickness and shape. Include that junction in the enquiry. Replacing one trim element may expose a mismatch, but changing the entire room’s skirting is a separate decision and scope.
Replace the accepted ordinary decorative surround with suitable joints and fixings, leaving the agreed preparation for finishing. Limits: Ordinary decorative surrounds only. No structural jamb or opening modifications, specialist glazing, fire-door certification or hazardous-material disturbance.