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cutting an internal door
Mar 6^th, 2006, 3:33pm

i plan to lay some laminate flooring in kitchen within the coming days-knowing me it will be coming weeks!
but what with the underlay and floor on top-the 2 built in cupboards i have will have to have an inch taken off the bottom.

ok so do i remove the doors and do the decent thing and take them outside and cut or is there a easy method where i can keep them on but still take an inch off the bottom?

thx 4 your help

pete

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jasonB GDPR opt-out Total Thanks: 0 For This Post: 0	Re: cutting an internal door Reply #1 - Mar 6^th, 2006, 5:31pm You should get a far better finish if you take them off and cut them properly. Jason
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londonpete Junior Member Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 6 Total Thanks: 0 For This Post: 0	Re: cutting an internal door Reply #2 - Mar 6^th, 2006, 5:57pm yup jason i thought someone might say that!! guess i will have to get em off then,what saw is best as i have a jigsaw but would that be best for job?
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woodsmith Global Moderator Trade Member Author Offline Posts: 4397 Total Thanks: 135 For This Post: 0 Gender: Trade: Joiner	Re: cutting an internal door Reply #3 - Mar 6^th, 2006, 5:58pm It is possible to hire a machine to do this but it will cost about £25, plus you need to connect it to a vacuum or there will be dust everywhere. As Jason says it is better to take them off, and it will probably work out quicker in the long term.
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Re: cutting an internal door
Reply #4 - Mar 6^th, 2006, 6:03pm

A jigsaw probably won't give you a straight enough cut, a circular saw if you have one with fine teeth would be good or you could always cut them with a hand saw.

Watch for the wood splintering along the cut, it would be worse on top with a circular saw and underneath if you cut it by hand. You can always score a line with a Stanley knife and cut up to that line to prevent this.

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Reply #5 - Mar 6^th, 2006, 6:38pm

I would go for the circular saw if you have access to one, and definitely scribe a line with either a stanley or a marking gauge. If your taking an inch off chances are there will be nothing left of the timber at the bottom of the door, I would recommend replacing that (either the piece that comes out or a new piece planned and glued and clamped. The door needs to come off for that, it should only take a few minutes to remove and I would leave it off while you do the floor, make life a bit easier.

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big_all Global Moderator Trade Member Author Offline heeelllooo Posts: 5596 Total Thanks: 10 For This Post: 0 Gender: Trade: Joiner	Re: cutting an internal door Reply #6 - Mar 6^th, 2006, 10:06pm heeelllooo london pete and welcome an inch off the bottom seems a bit extreme flooring about 9mm underlay about 3mm!!!!!! are you boarding it out as well !!! 15mm should be more than enough
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Reply #7 - Mar 6^th, 2006, 11:12pm

hey guys thx for the interest and replys.
yup looking at it now i think an inch is maybes to much to take off-the end of door by hinges is the bit that is just scraping the top of a board placed-and thats without underlay-so as big-all says 3mm for underlay.so i have scribed a line with stanley knife and will have an attempt with door off and hand saw-dont have access to circular saw-and as wanna keep costs down dont think i will hire one-in the wrong hands etc etc.

probs have loads of questions and problems when i start the flooring so bear with me guys!

cheers again

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