Non-standard internal door height

[Quizzer16]

Hi, I’m getting a stud wall put up in a converted loft. The space behind the wall will be used for storage. It’ll be panelled and a ‘hidden’ door will be added.

The tradesman recommended a flush internal door like this: https://www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-Flush-Primed-Paint-Grade-Internal-Door-1981-x-762mm/p/239052

However as the door will have the ceiling slopes either side it’s too big. Ideally I need a two third height door. The product info says a marginal amount can be trimmed so I imagine you can’t just lop 500mm off the top or bottom as it’ll be into the hollow core?

A quick search showed bespoke sized doors can be had, but the one I found was over £225.

Is there a cheaper option? Thanks.

 

[Nige F]

The hollow core can be filled with a piece of wood planed to fit and glued in

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Is there a cheaper option? Thanks.

The cheap option is to buy the panel door you linked to and do a none advised modification. The door will simply be a hollow pair of panels, filled with 'egg-box, with a timber frames surround. Hence cutting it down to height, there will be no timber at one end. In a similar situation, what I did was break out the end piece of timber, from the section cut off, then after cleaning it up, removed enough of the 'egg-box', to insert the timber. I then glued the timber on each side, clamped it until the glue dried, as well as drilling for and adding 6mm pins at each side.

 

[ETAF]

i have a lot of doors which are small in my bungalow - no idea why , and they have used hollow doors and when i took them all off to redo the thresholds and hinges, i found a lot of the bottoms had no wood in

so i just fitted and glued some in to the door and then fitted to the new thresholds, one which had a false floor , i had to also add some more hardboard and then i used filler , sanded and repainted .... you have to look to notice

 

[Wayners]

This sort of thing?

 

[Quizzer16]

The hollow core can be filled with a piece of wood planed to fit and glued in

The door will simply be a hollow pair of panels, filled with 'egg-box, with a timber frames surround.

so i just fitted and glued some in to the door and then fitted to the new thresholds,

Cheers guys, this is perfect. Think I can crack on following these tips.

This sort of thing?

Kind of. That would be the door shape I’d need roughly. But I don’t want the visible door frames. It’ll blend into the panelling. And as it’s not for general access just for storage I don’t need to be as exact as you’ve got there. This is the picture the wife found when she decided she wanted the wall putting up:

I’ll post a picture once I’ve had a crack in a week or 2.

 

[Quizzer16]

All done, took a bit longer than a week or 2 as always. Went with the intricate top as per @Wayners image. Pretty happy with the result.