How To Cut A Vinyl Screen Door
I clamped two pieces of wood to the door spaced just the width of the saw blade apart to act as a guide.
How to cut a vinyl screen door. Steps to install a screen door from screen tight. I cut vinyl siding parts quite a bit with these techniques. Your door can be cut and drilled just like a wood door and surface mounted hinges can be screwed into the frame of the door. Latches and bar bolts can be add ed as well.
If you want they make a special vinyl cutting blade for cutting vinyl siding. Always use 3 hinges. I purchased an 32 wide solid vinyl screen door that is to fit in a 32 door casing. Maybe replace an old door and it just won t fit.
The directions say i can cut no more that 3 8 on. It s a lot less messy doing it by hand. Works well for either vinyl or aluminum. To be perfectly honest though the last vinyl plastic door i trimmed i did it with a handsaw.
Most hinges can be accommodated by simply routing or mounting with screws. Solid vinyl screen door. Settled on a custom order vinyl screen door with large pet entry from office depot. As well if you shorten the old rails the old mortise may interfere with the new miter cut and make the frame unusable when you try to reassemble the corners back in.
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This process is the same for both wood and vinyl screen door models. Make your first test cut on the scrap portion if the resultant cut is unacceptable make your cut 1 8 long and clean it up with a router straight bit and straightedge and clamps. A jig saw works also but it can wander.