Planin the bottom of a door

[Yorky1]

I've recently bought a persian rug for a living room floor and unfortunately the door will not fit over it. I presume the easiest way to rectify this is to hire an electric planer and take a few milimetres off the bottom of the door. The only problem with that is there will then be a gap underneath the door which will allow draughts into the room.

Can anyone provide instructions/tips on using an electric planer and what to do about the gap problem?

 

[JohnD]

you could also consider fitting Rising Butt hinges.

 

[big-all]

there is no real solution except as johnd says with rising butts make shure you get the correct hand off hinges for your door [right hand hung or l/h hung]

other options are to alter the opening direction from l/h to r/h or out of the room

you can buy spring loaded draught excluders for exterior doors for around £30 but a strip sticking out from the side of the door by around 2 inches doesnt look good

 

[Yorky1]

Thanks for your reply. The mat is about eight inches from the closed door - would the rising butt hinges lift the door soon enought o clear the mat? Also, would the door stay open with these hinges? Finally, where can they be bought online?

 

[Yorky1]

Another thought from elsewhere-would the door not jam at the top if you use them? In other words the rising action can only begin after the door has opened by 90 degress and so the door has cleared the frame.... but the rising action starts straight away so the door may jam at the top depending on clearance.

 

[big-all]

the rising action start immediatly you often have to taper the top corner by a couple of mm

gravity will shut the door when open

http://www.cglass.co.uk/rising-butt-hinges-pr-17191.html

how thick is the carpet!!!

 

[^woody^]

Yes, rising butts are the answer. These used to be pretty standard on houses in the past, but nowadays its just cheap pressed hinges - and worse still many of todays carpenters don't seem to know how to fit them!

The alternative is some ugly draught excluder fixed the the bottom of the door to hide the gap you have planed

 

[Thermo]

which wont go over the carpet!