Cutting Doors For Carpet

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Cutting doors for carpet.

Place the door on the sawhorses and wrap the bottom with masking tape. Here s the method of door cutting that works best for us. The only place it may happen is on the lock end but if you slow the cut down as it is about to appear your ok. But with carpet that discrepancy is hardly noticeable.

The tape helps to avoid splintering when cutting the door. Use a tape measure to determine the distance from the finished. Swing the door over the full arc of its travel and mark it where it drags heaviest on the carpet. Quick plane and some new screws on.

After cutting the jambs to length i set the hinge jamb on a 3 8 inch thick shingle butt. The best way to cut off a door bottom. Trimming a wood door with a circular saw without splintering the wood or damaging the finish is a challenge. Panlid feb 12 2005 31.

Place the tip of a nail vertically on the bottom of the hinge cylinder to begin removing the door. 1 identify the height that you would like to cut back the door. 2 pencil on the carpet and mark the door. Ive no doubt it does the job but i bet it looks its different for skirting as jointer is on flat solid floor so you will get a flat uniform cut but on doors with carpet down.

For that reason i cut both jambs to a length that keeps them roughly 3 8 inch off the subfloor. I used a cedar shake shim that is very thin at the one end and placed that end against the door. Tap the pin with a hammer from the bottom to raise it up high enough to grasp it at the top with. If carpet is not down maybe.

The radius of the pencil usually provides adequate clearance. I also make sure that there will be plenty of space to keep the bottom of the door clear of the carpet. If you ve just installed carpeting your doors will probably rub and bind which means that you have to trim off the bottoms. With the carpet down.

If the door is dragging on carpet it works pretty well to put a no.