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Default trimming masonite doors questions

If it were me, I'd cut the first two smaller amounts all from the
bottom. That should leave the top and bottom rail about the same
width so I don't think that would look too bad. The other two I'd
probaby have to take of each end. On the 6-1/2" cut you're going to
run out of rail at the bottom.


And the last two are regular doors, and they come with 6-3/4" bottom rails,
and 3-3/4" tops. So if I need to cut 6-1/2" total off one, (and 3-3/8" off
the other), I'm thinking that if I cut half of 6-1/2", or 3-1/4", obviously
I'd have almost no top rail left. But how much top to leave, out of 6-1/2"?
There is approx. twice as much bottom as top - so maybe 33 and 66 percent,
cut off the top, and bottom, respectively. That leaves
(1) 3-3/8" x .333 = 1-1/8", so 2-5/8" top, and 4-1/2" bottom left, AND
(2) 6-1/2" x .333 = 2-5/16", 1-7/16" top, and 2-7/16" bottom left.

I think this looks good on paper. Maybe I'll come back and try the first
and second too.

Thanks

This is all in the basement.