Cut Door Frames Wood Flooring

The best way to cut off a door bottom.

Cut door frames wood flooring.

Trimming a wood door with a circular saw without splintering the wood or damaging the finish is a challenge. This is by far the best way to finish a floor at any doorway. One of the absolute necessities of a neat professional finish when installing a solid wood engineered or laminate floor is the ability to cut into door frames and architraves so the flooring can be neatly slid under. But what tool can be used to accomplish this.

Well let s take a look. Danny lipford shows how to cut a door jamb to install flooring. The best ways to cut the bottom of an interior door jamb. Here s the method of door cutting that works best for us.

When cutting the door trim you can take a piece of scrap flooring hold it in from of the trim and let the saw blade sit on top of it while you cut. If you ve just installed carpeting your doors will probably rub and bind which means that you have to trim off the bottoms. Works great with a tool like you used a handsaw and even a door casing flush cut saw.