Hoolio68
19th February 2008, 03:36 PM
Howdy, I'm new on this and frankly, know very little about woodwork or DIY in general, but I am renovating an old house on a budget, so will have to learn if I am to afford to do anything!
Now for my question: I'd like to replace the ugly front door with something more aesthetically pleasing and I have been looking on ebay for some inspiration. However, it seems that the sizes of doors are quite different to my door. The dimensions of my door are H 2001 W: 815. Most doors are something around 2040 - 2070 high, so I am thinking that it would be an awful lot of wood to remove to get it to fit!
Can anyone suggest what I can do about this? I had the option of buying an MDF door (which i suppose i could have cut to any size and it wouldn't have mattered) but what is the general ballpark re sizing of doors and how much you can logically plane back to fit?
THanks!! :2tsup:
Now for my question: I'd like to replace the ugly front door with something more aesthetically pleasing and I have been looking on ebay for some inspiration. However, it seems that the sizes of doors are quite different to my door. The dimensions of my door are H 2001 W: 815. Most doors are something around 2040 - 2070 high, so I am thinking that it would be an awful lot of wood to remove to get it to fit!
Can anyone suggest what I can do about this? I had the option of buying an MDF door (which i suppose i could have cut to any size and it wouldn't have mattered) but what is the general ballpark re sizing of doors and how much you can logically plane back to fit?
THanks!! :2tsup: