Cutting A Steel Door To Fit

Once you start cutting any door there s no turning back.

Cutting a steel door to fit.

You can cut the top of the door to make it shorter but then you will have to reposition the hinges to move the door up on the jamb. It may not be an obvious choice but fitted with the right blade a circular saw is a great metal cutting tool. Always double even triple check your measurements. Mark out your hinges on the door.

The interior of the door is made up of solid wood framing with fillers and some void space. Following your door s instructions use a pencil and a straight edge to lay out all of the cut lines on the door. The exterior metal cladding typically is only 1 16 inch thick. Then line up a combination square with the old door s hinge mortises and transfer their locations to the new door marking the edges with a utility knife.

You can cut mild steel up to about 3 8 in. When doors are installed to fit hardwood tile linoleum or any other flat floor covering clearance height from the bottom may be 1 2 inch or. Cutting the top off a steel door depends on one thing. Using a table saw with a fine blade is one method of getting your outside metal door cut to size.

Installing a door may seem like a straightforward process but if the door does not fit precisely into the door frame then a little extra work may be involved. They are not solid metal. Thick using a ferrous metal cutting blade. Cutting metal clad doors can be done with a metal blade on a circular saw.

Hot metal chips will fly. The type of blade that is chosen. So generally the best way to cut the door to fit your space is to work with the bottom first. The easiest way to do do this if the old door was a good fit is to lay the new door on top of the old door so the edges are flush.

How to cut the top off a steel door. Steel used for a door is the same as steel used in any other application. The best ways to shorten a door after laying carpet. In our test it cut through rebar like a hot knife through butter.