Cut To Size Doors

Measure door thickness hinge placement.

Cut to size doors.

Measure the height and radius of the hinges. 80 inches 6 feet 8 inches thickness. Position the blade. Measure the width and height of the door frame.

Measure the height and width of your door to the nearest 1 16 door thickness. Repeat for each hinge and record the measurements. Extra wide internal doors. Hollow core doors only have about an extra inch of material along each edge for cutting.

30 and 32 inches also available. Affiliate links for tools. How to cut down the width of a door step 1. If you have to cut less than 3 16 inch off a door use a planer instead of a saw for best results.

Leave the door closed forever buy a new door or cut the door to size. Select your size up to 12 feet tall 6 feet wide and 2 1 4 thick. Cutting a door to size can be a little intimidating if you have never done it before but no worries it s actually pretty simple. Our doors come in all shapes and sizes.

Subtract 1 4 inch from both the height and width. Mark the measurements on the door to determine how much width must be trimmed from the door using a pencil. Most of the internal doors on the market only have about a 6mm edge they can and should be trimmed equally but they can be cut down and the edge refitted alas not while on site there are various unusual size doors within the internal doors categories. Http bit ly makitacircularsaw stanley tape measu.

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