planing bottom of door

nearlyqualified · Post by **nearlyqualified** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 8:10 pm

i have been asked to plane a few mm off the bottom of a door that is catching on a threshold. whats the best way to do this? cheers.

ps i have done it before with electric planer but damages paintwork sometimes.

speed · Post by **speed** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 9:16 pm

plame from edge to middle then flip it over then go edge to middle again,
if its a decent ammount cut it off with saw and tidy up with plane or cut the endgrane off each side then plane with the grain (end grane dont plane as easy)

willingtolearn · Post by **willingtolearn** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 1:14 pm

To prevent the paint from being damaged, run a knife along the line you want to trim down to. This will break the paint so that it isnt ripped off as you trim the door down

Jim Dale · Post by **Jim Dale** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 1:45 pm

I had all the doors done in my house and boy did it take some time, the doors and frames had to be ripped out and new put in on just two doors it cost me £30 and i had to buy the doors/locks/handles and that was just on two, the house looks much better now that the new doors are on, please done try it your self, jim dale

joiner_uk · Post by **joiner_uk** » Fri Feb 13, 2009 1:40 am

If you have to take off more than 5mm then use a hand saw or circular saw.

Under 5mm can be done with a hand plane or power plane.

As mentioned in the previous posts scoring the door with a sharp stanley knife will prevent chipping. If the door is vennered this is essential!

Planing the door woood be easier with a power plane just take a bit off at a time.

Good luck