Cut Door To Accomodate Rug

The best ways to shorten a door after laying carpet.

Cut door to accomodate rug. Let it completely cool and you re done. Shop made sanding block to chamfer the cut edge of the door make a sanding block by cutting a 2 by 3 4 inch strip of wood 1 2 inch shorter than the diameter of the peel and stick sanding paper. Exterior doors are often installed too low by the builder. Next take a utility knife and cut along the line using a sharp blade is the key to a clean cut lastly run a thick line of hot glue right on the edge to seal the rug fibers to the matting of the rug.

It s pretty difficult to find an exterior door threshold that is low enough that the door would not clear a carpet especially for 2x6 stud walls. If you decide to cut off an exterior door make sure you have a plan for sealing the bottom of the door against the threshold when the door is closed. At the bottom of the door i put a piece of tape on both the hinge side and the strike side the side with no hinges. I place the rug against the closed door and mark both pieces of tape 1 4 in.

Mark the door for the cut. Then draw a line from end to end to mark your cut line. This problem is totally avoidable if the rough carpenter adds extra height to the rough opening and installs an extra piece of lumber on top of the subfloor. In light wood framing an exterior threshold normally sits on the subfloor and there is a raised lip at the interior side of it directly under the door to keep water from being blown under the door.

Above the rug using a scribing compass.