Yeah having the staples inside of that is not unusual.
Cutting solid core door.
Do you have any suggestions as how to cut off a solid core door.
For pricing and availability.
Depends on how they might have been used in the manufacturing.
You will need to clean off the skins but the piece should fit back in well.
I ve cut down plenty of hc doors gluing a 5 4 pine rail in the bottom for support.
Unfortunately it s 80 inches tall and it needs to be cut down to 78 inches.
You don t need to score the underside of the door.
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.
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.
I ve got a couple to replace that are only about an inch short of standard height.
For pricing and availability.
We were cutting that off or a portion of it.
Masonite traditional primed 6 panel solid core molded composite slab door.
Construction makes them resistant to expansion and contraction due to humidity changes.
But cutting down a solid core door is different and i can t recall ever cutting one down.
Eightdoors white primed 5 panel equal solid core wood slab door.
They go across the bottom.
We like to clamp a metal straightedge to the door on top of the masking tape along the cutting line.
Next score the cutting lines 1 16 in.
Hey guys i wanted to replace my bedroom door with a new 6 panel solid core door but keep the existing frame.
Anyone ever try cutting an anderson storm door the solid aluminum doors not the wood core emco doors.
This helps to guide the knife and then if the knife slips it only scars the waste side of the cut.
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.
And it s totally ruined a saw blade.
Deep with a utility knife.
6 inches of it.
Solid core doors offer good fire resistance when they are at least 1 3 4 inches thick.
The doors to be cut down are spec d as 6 panel molded solid core.
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