On Monday, November 18, 2019 at 2:09:53 PM UTC-5, Puckdropper wrote:
DerbyDad03 wrote:


First door I ever cut was a steel entry door. Back door of a walkout basement.

Special order door was more than I could afford at the time. Stock door and metal
cutting blade for my POS Craftsman circ saw did the trick.

Did you have to make any adjustments to the weatherstripping and
threshold?

No. In my case the floor was exactly where it needed to be; it was the
ceiling that was too low. :-)

I have low ceilings in my basement, so I took the top out of the frame,
cut down the sides and cut an inch or so off the top of the door. The
door opens in, so I wasn't worried about exposing the foam innards. I did
slather some polyurethane onto the exposed foam just to "seal" it, but who
knows if that was necessary. I put the top of the frame back on and shoved
it into the opening. 30 years later everything still seems to be fine.


The tile in the kitchen prevents the door from swinging
freely over the thinnest entry mat I can find, so I'll have to fix that
some time.

I had the opposite problem after they installed the very plush carpet last
week. My front door opens right into the living, i.e. no foyer. There's a
small entry area where there has never been hardwood or wall-to-wall carpet,
just some linoleum with a throw rug to wipe your feet on. I removed everything
that was there, down to the sub-floor, before the new carpet was installed.

I had them install the new carpet like the previous stuff was, on top of the
hardwood that butts up to the entry area. By the time they were done, the
thickness of the hardwood, pad and carpet left the carpet a little more than
an inch above the entry way sub-floor.

I then laid a piece of 1/2" plywood and a piece of luan in the entryway and
laid Mannington AduraMax vinyl plank, which is 5/16" thick. That brought it up
to just a tiny bit below the height of the carpet. No trip hazard in either
direction and it's level as far as vacuuming. I didn't even need a transition
strip. I ran the plank right into the closet. (The paint is drying on the new
closet door right now.)

https://i.imgur.com/V1XgOe9.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/bl8WWDp.jpg

The owner of the carpet store gave me the box of the AduraMax ($120) for free.
It was left over from another job and just taking up room on a shelf. One box
was just enough. I have one full plank left over. Tough install for a first
timer like me. More cut pieces than full planks. Learned a bunch...ready to
do the kitchen after Thanksgiving.