How To Shave The Inside Door’S Bottom?

This video provides a step-by-step guide on how to trim or cut down a door without removing it. It focuses on the best way to cut off a door bottom, which can be done using a hand planer or a power planer. The video also discusses the process of trimming a new door to fit an existing frame and how to remove some of the door’s height to fix a door that doesn’t swing smoothly.

1. Mark the door for the cut. Place a piece of tape on both the hinge side and the strike side (the side with no hinges).
2. Use a power planer or belt sander to make the cut.
3. Draw the cutline. Score the cut to prevent tearout. Make a gauge block and set the level back from the cutline. Tape the door, not the saw.
4. Make the cut. Ease the edge using a good cross cut blade and steady pressure. Measure the saw base edge to the blade and clamp the straight edge guide the same distance from measurements.
5. Take off the total (both top and bottom) from the bottom with a circular saw, fine tooth blade, blue tape to protect, and a straight edge clamped down. Use a 1/4-1/2 in (0.64-1.27 cm) wood shim to mark the cutting line at the bottom of the door.
6. Use a guide and sharp blade in a circular saw to deeply score the cut line with a utility knife. Mark a pencil line along the bottom of the door with a block of wood 20mm thick.

A circular saw works better with a guide if you need to take more than about 6 or 8mm off a door, but it does require a sharp, fine tooth blade.