Door Trimming

[John Benton]

I've bowed to the pressure and have bought some wood butchering tools this year, I even fitted a door casing the other week

And charging £30 for trimming the door and supply and fit of door threshold bar

 

[Ian]

And charging £30 for trimming the door and supply and fit of door threshold bar

Always done threshold strips, haven't learnt how to hang a door yet, that's next on my syllabus

 

[Ian]

How many if you who don't/won't cut plinths or doors to finish undercut architrave and casings to slide your tiles under??

The multi tool is king for undercutting, every tiler should own one.

 

[John Benton]

Always done threshold strips, haven't learnt how to hang a door yet, that's next on my syllabus

Easy on a square, plumb casing but after that it's all downhill Bri, just done one today where I've had to trim 3.5" and 2.5" top and bottom because its a slightly shorter casing and then retrim the top and bottom for stability as its a hollow door.

 

[AliGage]

The multi tool is king for undercutting, every tiler should own one.

Absolutely. Was without mine today so I had to trim architraves with a saw! :0

 

[Ian]

Easy on a square, plumb casing but after that it's all downhill Bri, just done one today where I've had to trim 3.5" and 2.5" top and bottom because its a slightly shorter casing and then retrim the top and bottom for stability as its a hollow door.

Sounds fun!

 

[Wishiwasatoptiler]

I use a laminate floor blade in my jigsaw leaving around 3-5mm

***I now wait poised for the inevitable yearly "trimming of doors & plinth boards dispute" to kick off***

Lol

 

[Wishiwasatoptiler]

5mm maximum clearance.

I trim plinths too. It's not rocket science

So plinths
Q1, do you charge or this?
Q2, fine circular saw? Jigsaw? Blade type advise.
Cheers


I've fitted a few kitchens of my own but plinths, not had much success with.

 

[AliGage]

So plinths
Q1, do you charge or this?
Q2, fine circular saw? Jigsaw? Blade type advise.
Cheers


I've fitted a few kitchens of my own but plinths, not had much success with.

Personally I prefer a hand saw.
Masking tape along the top edge. Measure everywhere carcus to floor where two cabinets meet. Because of how the majority of kitchen cabinets are made these tend to be the lowest part if the unit.
Take off 2-3mm and mark on the taped edge of the plinth, draw a line with a straight edge and cut with the hand saw.

Tidy up the cut edge with a bit of sandpaper and fit.

 

[Andy Allen]

I've bowed to the pressure and have bought some wood butchering tools this year, I even fitted a door casing the other week

Bloody traitor !!!!........I'm going to get 3_fall to kick you out the HTMTS now.....

 

[John Benton]

Sounds fun!

£40 richer for an hours work sounds like fun to me........kerrrrrching

 

[tubs]

The tool that works for me !

 

[Old Mod]

The tool that works for me !

 

[StevieBoy]

I think nowadays you have to be willing and able to do certain other small bits other than tiling if you can, to keep the customer happy if nothing else.

 

[Wishiwasatoptiler]

I agree, it might mean the difference from getting the job or not, particularly when starting out, shame those saws that trim doors while still on the frame are so expensive.

 

[StevieBoy]

So plinths
Q1, do you charge or this?
Q2, fine circular saw? Jigsaw? Blade type advise.
Cheers


I've fitted a few kitchens of my own but plinths, not had much success with.

Q1: Yes I do - definitely.

Q2 I use a jigsaw with a fine blade meant for cutting metal, bit like a hacksaw blade and that works very well indeed - no chipping etc.

 

[John Benton]

The tool that works for me !

Festool...mmmm.....you need to charge for taking bottoms of doors buying tools like that haha. Is that a plunge saw Tubs?

 

[tubs]

Festool...mmmm.....you need to charge for taking bottoms of doors buying tools like that haha. Is that a plunge saw Tubs?

Haha this job was for the mother in law so no charge , others get charged ! Yeah its the ts55 plunge saw on the track !

 

[John Benton]

Haha this job was for the mother in law so no charge , others get charged ! Yeah its the ts55 plunge saw on the track !

I've borrowed my mates Makita plunge saw and track, great bits of kit, fantastic for cutting hob and sink cutouts, might treat myself at some point.

 

[Gonzo1969]

TS55 all the way. Takes longer to mark it than to cut it. Fein multimaster 350Q for architraves and frames.

 

[SJPurdy]

Note on the door to floor clearance. there are occasions where this is governed by building regs. to give the required ventilation. eg new wet room to existing building I think is 10mm gap required under a 760 wide door but i'm no expert on this so you need to check!

 

[StevieBoy]

Note on the door to floor clearance. there are occasions where this is governed by building regs. to give the required ventilation. eg new wet room to existing building I think is 10mm gap required under a 760 wide door but i'm no expert on this so you need to check!

I've never heard that one before.

If we're talking building regs, surely that would be determined by having an appropriate extracter fan, not a measured gap at the bottom of the door??