Cutting Doors For Carpet

If carpet is not down maybe.

Cutting doors for carpet.

1 identify the height that you would like to cut back the door. The best way to cut off a door bottom. I used a cedar shake shim that is very thin at the one end and placed that end against the door. But with carpet that discrepancy is hardly noticeable.

After cutting the jambs to length i set the hinge jamb on a 3 8 inch thick shingle butt. 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. I scribed a line at two different. Use a tape measure to determine the distance from the finished.

Tap the pin with a hammer from the bottom to raise it up high enough to grasp it at the top with. Carpet fitters normally take doors off if it wont fit anyway so its errelevent really. I also make sure that there will be plenty of space to keep the bottom of the door clear of the carpet. Place the door on the sawhorses and wrap the bottom with masking tape.

The tape helps to avoid splintering when cutting the door. Quick plane and some new screws on. If you ve just installed carpeting your doors will probably rub and bind which means that you have to trim off the bottoms. The radius of the pencil usually provides adequate clearance.

With the carpet down. Panlid feb 12 2005 31. Swing the door over the full arc of its travel and mark it where it drags heaviest on the carpet. For that reason i cut both jambs to a length that keeps them roughly 3 8 inch off the subfloor.

Ide t someone if the attacked my doors like that. In other words cut off a little try it and cut off a little more if necessary. Place the tip of a nail vertically on the bottom of the hinge cylinder to begin removing the door. If the door is dragging on carpet it works pretty well to put a no.

Trimming a wood door with a circular saw without splintering the wood or damaging the finish is a challenge.