Cutting A Steel Door

Using a table saw with a fine blade is one method of getting your outside metal door cut to size.

Cutting a steel door.

It may not be an obvious choice but fitted with the right blade a circular saw is a great metal cutting tool. When a home improvement project calls for cutting a hole in a metal door do it yourself and save. Cutting the hole for the window in the metal door is slightly more complicated then a wood door but simple with the proper tools. The type of blade that is chosen.

The interior of the door is made up of solid wood framing with fillers and some void space. Thick using a ferrous metal cutting blade. Enough to squeeze by it and you could force it all the way open but it was rubbing the floor pretty goo. Cut metal with your circular saw.

In our test it cut through rebar like a hot knife through butter. Cutting metal clad doors can be done with a metal blade on a circular saw. When we moved in the front door wouldn t open all the way. The exterior metal cladding typically is only 1 16 inch thick.

There are wood door supports within the door that add additional rigidity. How to cut a square hole in a metal door. It drug the floor at about 70 degrees from full open. Steel used for a door is the same as steel used in any other application.

You can cut mild steel up to about 3 8 in. We purchased a house in 2011. How to cut and resize a steel clad entry door. See more in the website article.

Hot metal chips will fly. Cutting the top off a steel door depends on one thing. Common home improvement projects that require altering. They are not solid metal.

You can cut the top of the door to make it shorter but then you will have to reposition the hinges to move the door up on the jamb. So generally the best way to cut the door to fit your space is to work with the bottom first.