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Match any architrave profile, made to order
Every architrave moulding in the WoodUChoose profile library can be made to match - in any timber, to any size, whether you have a pattern number like BD222 or just a photograph of the moulding on your wall. Find the drawing that matches your profile, or send us your own, and your requirement goes to specialist UK moulding manufacturers who quote against the same specification. This page shows how the matching works, using the BD222 architrave as a worked example.
Architraves are the decorative mouldings that frame a door or window opening and cover the joint between the frame and the wall. There are thousands of profiles in use across UK homes - period patterns, builder's standards and bespoke shapes - and the common frustration when you extend, renovate or repair is that an off-the-shelf architrave never quite matches what is already there. The shape is close, but the proportions are wrong. Made-to-match solves that: the moulding is cut to a drawing or to your sample, not to whatever is in stock.
How made-to-match works
There are two ways to get the exact architrave you need:
- Start from a profile drawing. If your moulding follows a standard pattern - one of the BD-series numbers, for instance - find its drawing in the library and use that as the specification.
- Send your own profile. If it is not a standard pattern, photograph it, trace it, or cut a cardboard template of the end grain. The profile does not need a pattern number to be reproduced.
Either way, you choose the timber and size, and the made-to-match service connects your requirement with specialist manufacturers who quote against it. WoodUChoose is the matching layer - we connect you with the makers, we do not sell the timber ourselves.
Worked example: the BD222 architrave profile
BD222 is one of the standard architrave profiles in the library - part of the BD series of traditional moulding patterns that UK joiners, merchants and specifiers have used for decades. The BD-series numbers come from the standard pattern charts used across the timber trade: each number identifies a specific shape, so a joiner in Cornwall and a merchant in Carlisle can talk about the same profile without exchanging drawings.
View the BD222 profile drawing (PDF) to check the shape against the moulding you are matching. If it is a match, BD222 can be made to order in any timber - from standard softwoods to oak, tulipwood, sapele and other hardwoods - and scaled in width and thickness to suit your existing mouldings.
Common BD-series architrave patterns
The BD series contains many related architrave patterns, each with its own drawing. If BD222 is not quite the shape on your wall, an adjacent pattern may be - compare the drawings:
- BD220 profile drawing (PDF)
- BD221 profile drawing (PDF)
- BD222 profile drawing (PDF)
- BD223 profile drawing (PDF)
- BD224 profile drawing (PDF)
To browse the full set of pre-designed patterns, start from the architrave profiles library.
Choosing the timber
Any profile can be made in any species. Softwood suits painted work; a hardwood such as oak, tulipwood or sapele suits a stained or natural finish and stands up better to knocks. If you are unsure which suits your project, our wood database compares appearance, durability and workability across the options.
Matching skirting to match
Architraves and skirting boards in the same room usually share a design language, and the made-to-match approach is identical for both. Our guide to how to match skirting board profiles walks through matching an existing moulding from a photo or template.
Get a made-to-match quote
- Have a pattern number? Find its drawing above or in the architrave library and use it as your spec.
- Matching an existing moulding? Photograph, trace or template it and send it through the made-to-match service.
- Any timber, any size - your requirement goes to specialist UK manufacturers for compared quotes.
Start a match from the made-to-match service or browse the architrave profile library.
