Cutting Interior Doors Down

I am replacing an interior door that needs to be cut down either i bought the wrong size door or the opening for it is not a standard size.

Cutting interior doors down.

Trimming a wood door with a circular saw without splintering the wood or damaging the finish is a challenge. To chamfer the cut edge of the door make a sanding block by cutting a 2 by 3 4 inch strip of wood 1 2 inch shorter than the diameter of the peel and stick sanding paper for your random orbit sander. My door frame seems a non standard size. Installing new carpeting in a room putting in a threshold or even buying a new door that is just.

Viewing 20 posts 1 through 20 of 28 total. Http bit ly makitacircularsaw stanley tape measu. Hanging interior doors and cutting them down this topic has 27 replies 18 voices and was last updated 5 years 5 months ago by dirtywhiteboy. If you ve just installed carpeting your doors will probably rub and bind which means that you have to trim off the bottoms.

Hall doors are all this panelled type cupboard door is just a plain hardboarded door cut to fit so he wanted a matching door. Cutting doors down to fit. Sometimes an interior door must be cut down to open properly. The best way to cut off a door bottom.

I ve found a door that would need 3cm cutting off it but on the site is says only 12mm can be cut off a door from wickes. How to cut the bottom of a hollow interior door without damaging it. Http bit ly irwinquickclamps6 makita 7 1 4 circular saw. The length of the sanding block bridges over dips in the saw cut and gives the resulting chamfer a much straighter appearance than the saw cut.

The door is hollow and i need to cut it down by about. Here s the method of door cutting that works best for us. Affiliate links for tools. It s a solid pine wood door not a veneer with 15 panes of glass.

I ve cut one down before more than the recommended 10mm replace edge baton glue and pin job done this ones at a mates house under stairs cupboard so means cutting the door down at an angle to match the stairs.