Doors....

[salesguy]

Group - some advice please. Would you expect to be able to trim these doors

a width of 650mm (odd sized doors between the dining & lounge at the moment)

TIA

SalesGuy

[Roger Mills]

> to a width of 650mm (odd sized doors between the dining& lounge at the > moment)

It's quite a lot to spend on an internal door which you're going to hack about.

I'm not sure what is meant by 'Engineered' White Oak. If the word is used in the same way as with engineered wooden flooring, it won't be solid oak but will be softwood (or maybe even MDF) inside, covered by a thin layer of oak. If you take 18mm off each side, you'll definitely expose whatever is inside.

If, against the odds, it *is* solid oak, trimming it will lose the lacquer finish and - assuming it to have stopped mortise and tenon joints - will expose the ends of the tenons.

I suppose it depends on how much you worry about what the edges look like.

[ericp]

Very few doors fit as new, so even the cheapest have some provision for adjustment, the question is how much.

Considering the price and source, I am sure that asking them will get a definitive answer with little problem.

[John Rumm]

> to a width of 650mm (odd sized doors between the dining& lounge at the > moment)

I would expect they are solid wood at the sides, so you could lop 20mm off each side I would expect.

[Archie]

> to a width of 650mm (odd sized doors between the dining & lounge at > the moment)

In their FAQ they recommend no more than 9mm should be removed from each edge.

Archie

[Cash]

> to a width of 650mm (odd sized doors between the dining & lounge at > the moment)

SalesGuy,

A question: Are the openings imperial or metric sized?

The reason for my asking is that the doors shown are imperial sized, and there is a marked difference between those and "proper" sized metric doors -- and in the amount you would have to cut off if you try and fit a metric door in an imperial sized opening in many cases.

See the differences at this link:

and get the correct imperial or metric size as applicable.

To answer your original question, yes the doors can be cut and planed and I would advise the following when cutting across the grain of the styles when working on the top and bottom rails.

Mark the rails with a pencil on both sides, and then score the lines with something like a Stanley knife to prevent the edges of the cut chipping and when cutting across the styles, hold the saw (if you are using a handsaw) as 'flat' as possible (again to prevent edge splitting).

If you are using a powered saw, just score the lines.

Also, if the doors have 'straight through' mortice and tenon joints, then a fair amount can be cut off the sides (from both sides evenly), if the door has 'stopped' mortice and tenons (or even dowels holding the thing together [shudder]), then the amount that can be cut of is rather limited and should be specified by the makers.

Cash

[John Rumm]

>>> to a width of 650mm (odd sized doors between the dining& lounge at >> the moment)

In which case it sounds like they are MDF cored then...

(you could still rip the lipping off, then trim undersize, and glue and pin the lipping back)