Trimming Bifold Door Height

Step 1 attempt to raise the door.

Trimming bifold door height.

By raising the pivot you will subsequently bring the door itself up as well. My existing door measured exactly 34 3 4 wide when closed and it fit perfectly. A clean efficient way to measure mark cut and fill a hollow core door. Installing carpet with a thicker nap can sometimes cause the.

Then pull out the hinge pins and lay the door on padded sawhorses. Mark the cutting line on the top face and edges of the door and apply a 6 in. 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. 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.

Wide strip of masking tape along the line to protect the door s finish from the circular saw s base plate. First mark the clearance needed on the door. Standard sizes for internal bifold doors. Diycrew hrvdiy renovision need to resize a door that gets stuck.

Maybe replace an old door and it just won t fit. As a general rule the height of the door opening should be around 1 foot 460mm and a half to 2 feet 610mm higher than the height of the door. Need a creative solution. The standard door size for internal bifold doors varies a little depending on the manufacturer.

I purchased a 36 wide hollow core bifold door to match the other doors in the room. Bifold door kits are much the same. Both the bottom and the sides of the door needed to be trimmed. 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.

Raise the blade to 2 inches in height from the tip of the highest tooth.