Depends on how they might have been used in the manufacturing.
Cutting solid core door.
But cutting down a solid core door is different and i can t recall ever cutting one down.
Deep with a utility knife.
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.
Anyone ever try cutting an anderson storm door the solid aluminum doors not the wood core emco doors.
Construction makes them resistant to expansion and contraction due to humidity changes.
Cutting a solid core door.
Eightdoors white primed 5 panel equal solid core wood slab door.
You don t need to score the underside of the door.
Next score the cutting lines 1 16 in.
For pricing and availability.
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.
I ve cut down plenty of hc doors gluing a 5 4 pine rail in the bottom for support.
Reliabilt 36 in x 80 in clear 6 panel solid core wood slab door.
They go across the bottom.
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.
We were cutting that off or a portion of it.
The doors to be cut down are spec d as 6 panel molded solid core.
We like to clamp a metal straightedge to the door on top of the masking tape along the cutting line.
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.
Unfortunately it s 80 inches tall and it needs to be cut down to 78 inches.
Yeah having the staples inside of that is not unusual.
And it s totally ruined a saw blade.
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I ve got a couple to replace that are only about an inch short of standard height.
Hey guys i wanted to replace my bedroom door with a new 6 panel solid core door but keep the existing frame.
Masonite traditional primed 6 panel solid core molded composite slab 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.
Solid core doors offer good fire resistance when they are at least 1 3 4 inches thick.