architrave replacement can be appropriate when a supplied item, trim or fitting is loose, incomplete, damaged or needs adjustment. Check decorative profile and reveal compatibility on a sound unchanged opening before agreeing removal and replacement.
Signs: a supplied item, trim or fitting is loose, incomplete, damaged or needs adjustment or the component no longer sits level, opens or supports ordinary use as intended. Causes: an incomplete assembly or a mismatched replacement component or ordinary wear, loose compatible fixings or minor fitting movement.
Measure both sides and the top and identify whether one face or both are included. A doorway may have different trim on each side. The quote should describe the actual surround instead of assuming one opening means every adjacent decorative surface.
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.