How does it look on the exterior? Sometimes the exterior will determine if the interior is offset. It should be centered unless the exterior determined where the interior would be.

Have them fix it. I did the " it's ok I can live with it" because I didn't want to be a picky b. I should have been more assertive, it was my money after all. I would also have 1 big window.

the pocket door wall should have no affect on he two windows. the same paneling material on the door wall is also on the left wall, and they should both be the same thickness

if the installers centered the windows on the back wall, it wouldn't matter because both sides would still be even. someone messed up by an inch or so when they framed the windows. see if they can move it over to the left, making the center piece thinner.

or just paint it and live with it. put a hanging plant in that corner and you won't see the thinner molding

The windows are not centred on the wall. But this could be an exterior issue rather than an interior issue. But the pocket door on the right wall could be the problem. Pocket doors need a thicker wall to have them work. Without being able to measure, I wonder if the left wall opening is THINNER than the right wall opening. Go ahead and measure the two and see if one wall has been trimmed out a bit thicker. Your "missing trim" width might just be sitting in the wall with the pocket door.

SJmccarthy,,,no they don't. Pocket doors do not need a thicker wall. not the standard ones you buy. we bought one and put it when we did our drywall. they are the same width as any standard door.

this was the wall we did ours. same thickness as standard studs/drywall/doors

left side, you can see the track portion in the wall with standard studs and drywall

If your builders 'made' that wall thicker, thinking they needed to fit in that pocket door, then that's they're mistake. those doors are meant to fit inside standard width walls.

Excellent answer. I also wonder if this home came with "standard sized walls". I still wonder whether or not this a window seating issue, a wall thickness issue or an exterior issue.

There are too many variables to figure out which which is which. Some measurements are going to be needed.

well if it didn't, I'd like to know where they got their non-standard 2x4 wood studs!

Awesome. The exterior cladding is in place so changing out the position of the window to gain 1" would be a rather large demand that may not be justified. Now how thick are the two walls on the inside?

no reason, that I can see, as to why those windows weren't centered properly. someone messed up on the measuring. happens a lot.

but measure the thickness of both walls on either side of the window, interior. is the pocket door wall the same thickness as the wall on the left?

where did you purchase the pocket door and is it a standard thickness? Or was it some industrial size special order?

Exactly as I asked before...measure the two wall thicknesses.

I am out of town and unable to measure the width of both walls. I can ask my contractor to measure them next week and will update this post. Would you suggest we move out the left wall about an inch to even out the trim?

maybe they're using an old vintage door. they are thicker, so maybe they had to get a wider 'kit'. unlikely though.

but I know that if you went to buy a pocket door in any of the stores or lumber places, all of the frame kits are meant to fit with standard 2x4 studs/walls.

I would also ask the GC if he knows this or if they thought they had to make a thicker wall to accommodate it. But then again, that wall alone would not be able to butt up against any other wall, or else it wouldn't match. (unless it was a dead end wall)

So many variables here.

The contractor purchased the pocket door and I am certain it is not a special industrial size.

Really appreciate everyone's responses. We are using a normal interior door for the pocket door to match the rest of the doors in the house.

Have the window installers come out and move the right window to the left as far as possible. They've got some room judging by your second picture.

I was going to say you were being too picky, but this was something the window installer should have thought of. When he has to move it, he'll think of it next time.

Considering that the siding and trim have already been installed on the exterior, will this be difficult to do? Could we make the interior wall on the left slightly larger to take up that extra inch?

These are the tradeoffs that have to be weighed. Furring out a wall and repainting is fairly simple.

I have a similar inch that I obsessed over and in the end let it go. Nobody has ever commented on it on my posted pictures. Remember that everyone looks out the window at the view rather than the trim, particularly if the trim is painted similarly to the walls. I would leave it rather than lose an inch in that snug space.

HTH

I would be more stressed about that seating I sure would not want to be the person next to the window squished into the corner with no way out except everyone needs to get up

Thank you to all who posted. We ended up having the contractor move the wall so the trim is even. I am much happier now with the symmetry.

Thought I would post the finished project. I am very glad that we moved the wall. Everything is symmetrical now.