Over the holiday weekend I did some stuff to help out my widowed MIL–new toilet, new bathroom floor, etc.
Two of the bedroom doors were dragging the carpet, so, working carefully with hand saw and utility knife, did a neat job of cutting off an inch from each.
First one went fine, but when I finished the second one, I realized I had cut an inch off the TOP of it.
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Carpet the ceiling and alls well again.
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You are not the first to do that. You might be able to glue it back. A little filler and paint and a bit of luck and only a few will know.
I've done it!
Will Rogers
Edited 11/30/2009 10:41 am by popawheelie
BTDT.
Solid oak entry door, cutting for new threshold. 1979.
I took material from below the hinges, and glued it back above the hinges. Problem solved.
It took a fair amount of knifing to get down to full hinge depth, but once down there, the oak split off easily.
AitchKay
I did it. Luckily the closet door was the same size. The closet now has a very comfortable air space at the bottom.
That'll teach ya not to ogle yer MIL while you're working.... ;-)
Recut the hinge mortises on the door, and the strike mortise on the jamb. Leave the doorknob where it is. Either that or buy her a new door.
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You got a dirty mind. MIL is a perfectly innocent acronym which stands for Mistress Is Lovely.
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I'm a recent convert to Bondo as wood filler for things like filling voids after glueing a mistake back on, or milling a new piece for the top . Learned that here, of course.
well, it won't drag on the ceiling any more
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Had a customer that did almost the same thing. He was a tool salesman but not much of a DIYer. Since it was a vacation cabin he thought he would try the fix himself.The building had settled and the door was dragging on the frame at the top of the door. So he cut a little off, re-hung the door and it was still binding. Cut a second time, re-hung it and still dragging on the frame. At that point his 11 year old daughter pointed out that he had cut off the bottom of the door twice.He said he was making it easier for the mice to go from one room to another. ;>}
did that, but not with a hand saw.
My FIL (the sort of guy you can't tell anything) was building an enclosed gazebo and installing the screen door. It drug on the bottom so he took it down and cut off 1/4". Still drug, so he took it down and cut off 1/2". Still drug, so he took it down and cut off a full inch (up to 1-3/4" total now). When it was still dragging I pointed out to him the rather sizable gap at the top.
(AFAIK, the door still drags on the bottom.)
Well, I gotta give you credit for trimming a door with a handsaw anyway. It's not something I plan on trying.
People can't see over the door anyways, so there's no problem and besides, it provides more air displacement for the bath fan.
provides more air displacement for the bath fan
Yeah, that's it, circular circulation! It's umm uhhhh a code requirement now. I'm having a flashback about an old Frank Zappa song by the same name...
Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not okay, it's not the end.
Cut about a foot and a half off of the top and about a foot off of the bottom. Then you can tell her it is just like the ones in the fancy department store dressing rooms.
Or a public restroom.Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
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I took the easy way out and re-mortised the door edge for hinges and raised the strike on the jamb.
A blind man would love to see it.
(The worst of it is, I was working by myself, so there's nobody to blame.)
Our company policy is to blame it on a computer
I'm so bad with that kind of thing that I always mark stuff in place before I take it down. I need all the foolproofing I can get.
-- J.S.
Mark'em.
Wise move. I've been doing that for a very long time. What prompted me to start I cannot remember. A good chance it was shortening the top just once.
I go in with a pc of painters tape if I'm ever cutting for carpet, rehanging, installing a louver, whatever.
I show the top, hinge direction, etc and transfer to new slab if I'm changing out the door.
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I know your pain, I bored an oak slab by pulling down 3' from the top of the door... arrrgh.Best door fubar I've seen wasn't even mine. A gc we knew got a job turning a tabacco warehouse into a bunch of shops. He asked our crew to come in to run all the cypress trim.He had a carpenter, "John," in charge, who we in no way got along with. A totally abrasive character. Accused us of stealing tools from his job box that were still in it, wouldn't tell us where materials were, gave us erroneous directives. He told us his domain was light commercial. A real sport to work around. Thing was, there were 6 of us, 1 of him, and we liked having a good time... and "John" was it.So nobody felt too bad when our crew was called across the street to work on brewery for the same gc. A couple of days later "John's" helper came by and said "John" quit. Nobody put much thought into a self-appointed major-domo hitting the trail... until the gc asked me to go back over to the shops and check out some doors.When I got there "John's" helper had one of the 3/4 light, solid oak doors propped in a doorway. The door looked about a foot short. Dang, we'd made the door jambs, 6/8 doors, how'd we screw that up?I looked at the helper, and he said "I asked him if he was sure we should cut the doors down. He said that thing about light commercial, and his domain, then he cut all the doors down... to exactly 6'. We put a door in hole for a test fit, and "John" said he had to go see the gc for a minute. He never came back"Turns out "John" told the gc he needed to go up to Indiana for a small operation, asked if he could get paid, and said he'd be back soon and finish up those doors. All of 10 of them<G>Luckily, the helper was a helper, and saved all the drops. We doweled the chunks back on, put brass kick plates on, and laugh every time someone mentions light commercial. He was master of his domain.http://www.tvwsolar.com
We'll have a kid
Or maybe we'll rent one
He's got to be straight
We don't want a bent one
He'll drink his baby brew
From a big brass cup
Someday he may be president
If things loosen up
Did he arrive from Pa? I think I knew the guy.
He heard about a guy who lost a finger tip in a mach. shop. Guy got 10 G's from insurance.Our "John" thought about it, has a kid on the way, and decided a jointer could nick a pinky for HIS 10G.Sucked him right in and he lost the pinky at the hand, ring at the hand, and middle at 2nd knuckle.One of the guys in the shop also mentioned that he knew "John" wanted the $$$, and ratted him out.NADA.$$$$$Real smart cookie, I had to hose out the jointer.Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
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My "John" woulda used some one else's hand... aiiiie, gives me the shivers.http://www.tvwsolar.com
We'll have a kid
Or maybe we'll rent one
He's got to be straight
We don't want a bent one
He'll drink his baby brew
From a big brass cup
Someday he may be president
If things loosen up
Oye...Jeeeeeeziminy!
Pains me just thinking of it. I nipped off the flesh ends of 2 fingers on a portable planer once and my God that was painful! Nothing the doc could do 'cept wrap it and hope for the best.
Sumabith grew back!!
Pain and me is old buds as I suspect he is with you, but he got the best of me that day.
I did it in the morning, dumped some iodine on it, wrapped it and went back to work just to prove to myself I could. But left an hour early for the doc.
My dad lost a fingertip on a jointer.
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