I was thinking about taking 2 inches off the top or bottom but i m not sure if cutting it would be the same as cutting a hollow door.
Cutting solid core door.
Unfortunately it s 80 inches tall and it needs to be cut down to 78 inches.
You will need to clean off the skins but the piece should fit back in well.
We were cutting that off or a portion of it.
But cutting down a solid core door is different and i can t recall ever cutting one down.
For pricing and availability.
The doors to be cut down are spec d as 6 panel molded solid core.
Do you have any suggestions as how to cut off a solid core door.
This helps to guide the knife and then if the knife slips it only scars the waste side of the cut.
Hey guys i wanted to replace my bedroom door with a new 6 panel solid core door but keep the existing frame.
You don t need to score the underside of the door.
Reliabilt 36 in x 80 in clear 6 panel solid core wood slab door.
Some solid core doors intended to look like painted wood use no surface veneer at all they are solid slabs of mdf or another engineered wood shaped and molded to give.
Depends on how they might have been used in the manufacturing.
Masonite traditional primed 6 panel solid core molded composite slab door.
Custom sizes door prices are ridiculous and the wood core doors that are designed to be cut don t last very long on the coast.
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We like to clamp a metal straightedge to the door on top of the masking tape along the cutting line.
Yeah having the staples inside of that is not unusual.
Construction makes them resistant to expansion and contraction due to humidity changes.
6 inches of it.
Eightdoors white primed 5 panel equal solid core wood slab door.
They go across the bottom.
For pricing and availability.
I ve got a couple to replace that are only about an inch short of standard height.
If one is cutting down a solid core door clean out the core material as david described then use the cutoff piece to reblock the door.
And it s totally ruined a saw blade.
Next score the cutting lines 1 16 in.
I ve cut down plenty of hc doors gluing a 5 4 pine rail in the bottom for support.
Cutting a solid core door.