How To Trim The Bottom Of A Door
Now use a circular saw to make the cut with the edge of the saw resting against the guide board.
How to trim the bottom of a door. Take your wood shim and put it on the ground against the hinge side of the door. Above the rug using a scribing compass. Hold the shim against the bottom of the door and mark your cut twice. Lightly sand all the edges along the new door bottom to soften them then rehang the door.
This will brace the door while giving you some space to work. Place the chair against the wall so that it will be between the door and the wall when you open the door. Geek street 5 804 views 2 24 how to undercut a door casing trim. Https www a.
At the bottom of the door i put a piece of tape on both the hinge side and the strike side the side with no hinges. Step 4 climb the ladder until your chest is to the top of the door. Make the cut slowly. Once you ve scored the door clamp a straight edge to it at the proper distance from the door edge.
The scored line will stop the splintering. I place the rug against the closed door and mark both pieces of tape 1 4 in. Mark the door for the cut. Fix it now 288 496 views 6 04.
The bottom side of the door won t splinter because the saw teeth cut up into the wood. Open the door so that it is touching the chair and place the ladder against the other side of the door. Once you ve made the cut sand the bottom of the door and finish it with either paint or polyurethane. Hold the shim in place and mark the top of the shim on your door with carpentry pencil.
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