Shaving Down doors

[UKTT Darren]

Just thought i would start off this thread, thought it might be usefull for the new tilers, How much to take off a door, shave it down and replace, I would charge about £25/ £30

 

[Alan.P]

Just thought i would start off this thread, thought it might be usefull for the new tilers, How much to take off a door, shave it down and replace, I would charge about £25/ £30

Hi Darren, firstly, thanks for the course ( finished yesterday ) secondly, have you got the name and possibly a link to the electric saw that you mentioned for this job.

Thanks in advance 🙂

 

[UKTT Darren]

Hi Alan,
Its called the Karlton door trimmer, not sure if you can still get them as they are a bit pricey, if you type it in to google, you can get some links there
Darren

 

[Paul Sh]

Done my bathroom door the other day. i used a circular saw and stopped just before the end so as not to split it, then took the rest off with a hand saw didn't even take 5mins.

 

[Alan.P]

Thanks for the replies, I'll Google the name 🙂

 

[laurami tiling]

i use a riobi electric planer i got from b&q which since i had a load of other stuff to go through till never charged me for :angel_smile: so got a £80 planer for nowt lol
i luv b&q sooooo much

tony

and no i dont feel guilty:wink_smile:

 

[Paul Sh]

I'm gonna tell on you.

 

[GazTech]

GAZTIP. Before removing door to tile,place a pencil mark on door and one on casing/architrave,after tiling measure from tile to architrave mark,allow 5mm, mark on the door and plane.Always plane from ends to middle.:wink_smile:

 

[tony TLC]

a little warning for door choppers most older doors dont have a lot of wood (framework)to cut if you do go through just insert a fillet of timber, 40mm is plenty where you have lost the old one and stick an pin in place
works a treat on cheap doors

 

[Elliott]

Yeah B&Q are great, they nearly allways only charge me for the cuts and not for the wood itself. I love them too.

 

[Elliott]

I've found the majority of doors I have cut are not square so i keep the cutting parallel to the bottom of the door and don't square it up.

 

[brian c]

good tips lads,doing a job today and had to take door off,cut it with handsaw and planed with lecy planer.Door was one which had pins in hinges,doddle to take off.