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Hi
I need to buy a new front door and I'm going to get someone to help me fit it. I'm hoping I can get some advice here.
I'm looking for a timber door. The current one is an odd size. It measures 1990mm x 810mm. The only door I can find that I think might be suitable is one from Wickes that measures 1981 mm x 838 mm. It states that it's trimmable up to 24mm. The door frame is solid wood so I'm thinking along the following lines:
1. Add a 9mm thick piece of wood to the top of the door frame to act as a kind of spacer so that the door height fits correctly.
2, Trim the width of the door down by 12mm on each side to make it 814mm. Then somehow plane down the frame (not sure how this would be done with the frame in place) by about 4mm to get it to fit.
Any thoughts or advise on the above plan or possible alternatives would be much appreciated.
TIA,
Chris
I need to buy a new front door and I'm going to get someone to help me fit it. I'm hoping I can get some advice here.
I'm looking for a timber door. The current one is an odd size. It measures 1990mm x 810mm. The only door I can find that I think might be suitable is one from Wickes that measures 1981 mm x 838 mm. It states that it's trimmable up to 24mm. The door frame is solid wood so I'm thinking along the following lines:
1. Add a 9mm thick piece of wood to the top of the door frame to act as a kind of spacer so that the door height fits correctly.
2, Trim the width of the door down by 12mm on each side to make it 814mm. Then somehow plane down the frame (not sure how this would be done with the frame in place) by about 4mm to get it to fit.
Any thoughts or advise on the above plan or possible alternatives would be much appreciated.
TIA,
Chris