Small internal doors

[Chris S]

I want to replace a door in my cellar. This has very low ceiling height and= the current door is a tiny 620 x 1800.=20

I'm not too bothered about the look of the door but presume that a custom-m= ade one of any sort will be quite expensive. Given a standard pine door of = height 1980mm, would it be feasible/advisable to remove this much from the = height, accepting it might look a bit odd?

Cheers.

[Andy Dingley]

-made one of any sort will be quite expensive.

A "boarded and ledged" door is cheap to make (vertical planks, Z shaped framing on one side) and looks good enough for cellar use. You could even make your own. Try a pre-1960s joinery handbook, even a school one.

[RJH]

the current door is a tiny 620 x 1800.

one of any sort will be quite expensive. Given a standard pine door of height

1980mm, would it be feasible/advisable to remove this much from the height, accepting it might look a bit odd?

Might be worth trying a local reclaiming shop. I recently found some very odd shaped/glazed doors for my old house, and was amazed to find them. This fella:

literally thousands of old doors - but you'd never know from the shop front.

Rob

[SteveW]

the current door is a tiny 620 x 1800.

one of any sort will be quite expensive. Given a standard pine door of height

1980mm, would it be feasible/advisable to remove this much from the height, accepting it might look a bit odd?

The door to the "pantry" under our stairs is of a similar size and we simply used two pine cupboard doors fastened together with a couple of steel strips screwed on at the joint. Cheap and perfectly sized. Your

620 width could be accomodated by adding a thin strip to each side of the frame and painting.

SteveW

[The Natural Philosopher]

If you dont mind T & G or lap board its a doddle to make a ledge and brace door - don't even need the brace if you glue the tongues