What will it take to trim the interior door in height?

Height trimming tools are similar to a standard width trimming kit. For this procedure, you will need:

Clamp. With their help, the canvas is fixed. You will have to make sure that it holds steady, since a slight shift will waste all the work.

Angle, ruler. Preferably long, since the quality of pruning depends on the evenness of the cut line.

Knife. To remove the veneer, you will need a sharp and thin tool. Before starting work, it is recommended to sharpen it.

Anusta. If the veneer is varnished, then you will need to clean it.

Planer – milling – circular saw. Any of these tools will quickly and accurately shorten the height of the interior door.

PVA glue. It is needed at the final stage of pruning to attach veneer or furniture tape.

In addition, you will need to stock up on painter’s tape and metal guides for the cutting tool. Just in case, it is better to buy a sheet of veneer – you will need it if you cannot maintain the integrity of the native door covering. You can use furniture edge tape of the appropriate color.

Specify that the PVA glue should be thick. It is preferable to use a special D2 glue for wood.

Instructions on how and with what tool you can cut the height of the interior door

During repairs, sometimes there is a change in the level of the floor (laying tiles, pouring a screed or self-leveling coating, etc.). After that, you have to cut the interior door in height to ensure its free passage when opening and closing. The same operation has to be carried out during replacement, if the new door is very large and does not fit the box. When installing a new frame, it may turn out that the size of the opening does not meet the standard of the product.

What will it take to trim the interior door in height?

It is easy to shorten the canvas at home with an electric jigsaw or a circular saw. But to get a neat and straight saw, you will need auxiliary tools: clamps that will help fix the canvas and guide bars; ruler and angle for marking; sharp knife for working with a veneered door; edge tape for MDF fabric; sandpaper.

To protect the decorative coating of the door from cracking along the edge of the saw, you can use painter’s tape. If necessary, you can do without it.

Instructions for self-performance of work

Before the work, remove the canvas from the hinges and prepare it, removing the handles and other accessories from it. The door is cut off on the workbench, but in case of its absence, a large stable table will do.