Routing bottom of the door to fit over door jam

[ed84c]

Hello
I'm replacing an old (stable type) external back door with a solid wood door.

I'm not 100% what to do with regards the bottom of the door, where it needs to overhang the (metal) jam at the bottom.

I've drawn a cross section of how the old door looked - so essentially the bottom 10mm of the door is half thickness and fits over the jam (grey) with a seal (brown).

I am planning on just running a router along the bottom to give it the same functionality.

Is that sensible? I cant find many videos showing people doing this, so I thought I'd ask...

Cheers!
Ed

 

[Deleted member 174758]

Yes. There are various designs of rain bar where this approach needs to be taken. It is fairly heavy work, though, so is best done with a 1/2in router. Watch out for nails, screws, etc in the door bottom as they (together with embedded grit in old doors) can chip or even wreck a router cutter.

The job needn't be done with a router, though - a smaller (I.e. not heavy or physically overly large) circular saw could also be used to do the job, with a chisel to do any clean up work. I've used a 165mm cordless circular saw to do this job a number of times when I didn't have a router with me

Remember to seal the cuts thoroughly before rehanging the door

 

[ed84c]

Worked well with a router - thanks for the advice.