Cutting A Steel Door

How to cut a square hole in a metal door.

Cutting a steel door.

There are wood door supports within the door that add additional rigidity. Cutting the hole for the window in the metal door is slightly more complicated then a wood door but simple with the proper tools. They are not solid metal. We purchased a house in 2011.

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. When we moved in the front door wouldn t open all the way. The thickness may differ but. The interior of the door is made up of solid wood framing with fillers and some void space.

You can cut mild steel up to about 3 8 in. In our test it cut through rebar like a hot knife through butter. Enough to squeeze by it and you could force it all the way open but it was rubbing the floor pretty goo. So generally the best way to cut the door to fit your space is to work with the bottom first.

Steel used for a door is the same as steel used in any other application. See more in the website article. The type of blade that is chosen. Using a table saw with a fine blade is one method of getting your outside metal door cut to size.

It drug the floor at about 70 degrees from full open. Cut metal with your circular saw. The exterior metal cladding typically is only 1 16 inch thick. Thick using a ferrous metal cutting blade.

Cutting the top off a steel door depends on one thing. The window size cannot interfere with the structural integrity of the metal door and must be sized accordingly. Hot metal chips will fly. It may not be an obvious choice but fitted with the right blade a circular saw is a great metal cutting tool.

Common home improvement projects that require altering. How to cut and resize a steel clad entry door.