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If done right, this simple project can be carried out in 20 minutes! It's frequently necessary to cut down or shorten doors for rooms where new flooring has been installed, changing the height...
In this video, I am demonstrating how to shorten your interior doors. You might need to cut your doors if the door drags on the floor or if you’re installing...
This Do It Yourself video - How To Trim or Cut Down Door To Fit - or How to Shorten a Door Shows the easy way to trim a door with no chipping. After I ins...
To cut off a door without splintering the finish, use a guide and sharp blade in a circular saw, and deeply score the cut line with a utility knife.
If your door is getting stuck or dragging against your flooring, it's possible that your door is too big for your frame and needs to be trimmed down. To do this, use a wood shim to mark your cutting line at the bottom of the door. Then,...
A clean, efficient way to measure, mark, cut, and fill a hollow-core door. Occasionally, especially on re-cuts, you have to cut a door above where there is solid material, and you can’t just leave the bottom of the door open.
Regardless of whether you marked your doors before or after your new floor went down, eventually the job comes down to cutting the door itself. The main risk is splintering of the wood, and there are a few ways around this problem. The very best tool to use is a specialty item called a tracksaw.
Most times when you need a prehung exterior door that’s shorter than normal, it’s easiest to order it from the lumberyard. It’s possible, however, to shorten the unit yourself. Manufacturers typically allow wood doors to be trimmed by 1⁄2 in. at the top and 1-1⁄2 in. at the bottom.
In this video, carpenter and former senior editor Andy Engel shows us how to disassemble a prehung exterior door; how to measure and cut the door slab to fit an existing opening; and how to shorten the jamb to match.
Extreme How-To editor Matt Weber demonstrates how to shorten a door to clear a new flooring installation.