Cutting Doors For Carpet

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.

Cutting doors for carpet.

I scribed a line at two different. If you ve just installed carpeting your doors will probably rub and bind which means that you have to trim off the bottoms. Place the tip of a nail vertically on the bottom of the hinge cylinder to begin removing the door. But with carpet that discrepancy is hardly noticeable.

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. Panlid feb 12 2005 31. 1 identify the height that you would like to cut back the door.

Swing the door over the full arc of its travel and mark it where it drags heaviest on the carpet. Ide t someone if the attacked my doors like that. Quick plane and some new screws on. In other words cut off a little try it and cut off a little more if necessary.

The radius of the pencil usually provides adequate clearance. For that reason i cut both jambs to a length that keeps them roughly 3 8 inch off the subfloor. Use a tape measure to determine the distance from the finished. Place the door on the sawhorses and wrap the bottom with masking tape.

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. Here s the method of door cutting that works best for us. After cutting the jambs to length i set the hinge jamb on a 3 8 inch thick shingle butt.

2 pencil on the carpet and mark the door. With the carpet down. Carpet fitters normally take doors off if it wont fit anyway so its errelevent really. I used a cedar shake shim that is very thin at the one end and placed that end against the door.

The tape helps to avoid splintering when cutting the door.