Cutting Door Down

cheif kaiser

Could I cut this door down to 74.5" ? https://murphylarkin.com/doors/primed-white-doors-door-white-door-painted-door-prehung-primed-doors/NM5-Primed-Internal-Door or is 3.5" too much to take off?

I cant find any door shorter than 78" so if not possible to cut this door, what type of door would be suitable?

Thanks.

DublinDilbert

Why do you need to cut the door down? is it to fit an understairs toilet? if you take 3.5" off one side it will be too much, you could take maybe 1" off the top and 2.5" off the bottom and it would probably look ok. just clamp a guide onto the door and use the circular saw, maybe tape it up too.

I had to do similar for an understairs toilet, turned out really good. I had to take about 10" off a similar shaker door door, so i cut the door down on the chop saw. Then i deconstructed the piece i cut off and got the front/back panels and re-attached to the cut down door. Turned out perfectly, looks great beside the full size kitchen door.

cheif kaiser

DublinDilbert wrote: »

Why do you need to cut the door down? is it to fit an understairs toilet? .

No it's for an understairs storage space or as we all call them 'the coal house' . It's an old DCC house and all the houses have them. The problem is that the door is in the sitting room and I want to make it look as unnoticeable as possible, hence going for the most basic looking door I can find.

DublinDilbert

Ahh ok, same idea. It will probably open out into the sitting room so you'll want the cuts to be neat. I'd probably trim it top and bottom and be done with it. from memory the bottom panel of the shaker doors is bigger, so i'd take more off the bottom than the top.

Lidl have a guide you can clamp onto the door and the circular saw will run along it for €10, well worth it IMO.

Graham

Are the frames on those doors solid to allow for so much to be taken off the top bottom?

cheif kaiser

Graham wrote: »

Are the frames on those doors solid to allow for so much to be taken off the top bottom?

That's what I was worried about. They have an Solid FSC certified board core, if that means anything to anyone?

Graham

Pretty sure we have the walnut version of that door and IIRC it's about 10mm around the edges that's solid.

FSC certified is an eco-friendly/sustainability type certification. Ignore the eco-label and it has a 'board core' which could mean anything.

antiskeptic

cheif kaiser wrote: »

I want to make it look as unnoticeable as possible

A tip in this regard: paint the door and any architrave the same colour as the walls - it will push it right back in noticing terms