Trimming Bifold Door Height

Occasionally especially on re cuts you have to cut a door above where there is solid material and you can t just leave the bottom of the door open.

Trimming bifold door height.

Step 1 attempt to raise the door. By raising the pivot you will subsequently bring the door itself up as well. You can remedy this situation by trimming down one or more of the doors to fit. Standard sizes for internal bifold doors.

You can adjust the height of the door by examining the pivot at the bottom of the door. Bifold door kits are much the same. If you ordered a bifold door and find it s a bit too long for the door s height it s a simple matter to trim the door to fit. Raise the blade to 2 inches in height from the tip of the highest tooth.

Wide strip of masking tape along the line to protect the door s finish from the circular saw s base plate. Both the bottom and the sides of the door needed to be trimmed. Then pull out the hinge pins and lay the door on padded sawhorses. In this video i ll demonstrate how to cut a door and then block in the bottom so it doesn t warp over time and it has a nice solid bottom.

First mark the clearance needed on the door. Mark the cutting line on the top face and edges of the door and apply a 6 in. Diycrew hrvdiy renovision need to resize a door that gets stuck. I purchased a 36 wide hollow core bifold door to match the other doors in the room.

Before going to the trouble of trimming your door first attempt to adjust it so that it is out of the way of the carpet. Need a creative solution. Installing carpet with a thicker nap can sometimes cause the. Maybe replace an old door and it just won t fit.

My existing door measured exactly 34 3 4 wide when closed and it fit perfectly.