Take a piece of new flooring and place it upside down on the subfloor next to the casing.
Cutting bottom of door with multi tool.
Circular saw which i hate using 2.
The photo is of my mastercraft multi tool cutting off old nails with a wood and metal cutting blade.
To prevent the blade guard from dragging on the door i hold it retracted during the cut.
Laying laminate or tiled flooring can be tricky once you get to the wall or the door.
Trim door casings when installing a new floor it s often necessary to trim door casings and jambs to accommodate the new flooring.
Here are some tips.
Image courtesy bosch tools when you need to trim the bottom of a door jamb or casing to let in new flooring or a saddle for transition between rooms there s no simpler way to do it than with a multitool fitted with a plunge cutting blade.
How to cut out the base of a door jamb for new flooring.
The tools i have are 1.
Using a multi tool to cut skirting.
The multi tool is ideal for this job.
And if the bowl is caulked to the floor you can switch to a scraper blade and slice right through the joint.
What about trying to cut it with a hand saw would that be likely to work.
1 trim the bottoms of door jambs and casing in place.
The baseplate edge stays in contact with the level while the bottom runs flat on the door.
Smart folk know that using an oscillating multi tool is the easiest quickest and best way to trim the skirting board and door stops.
Spending loads on new tools isn t an option.
Here s the method of door cutting that works best for us.
Multi tools make jobs like this much easier and faster.
Mark a pencil line along the bottom of the door with a block of wood 20mm thick with the door shut place the wood on the floor and slide along floor and mark the door with a pencil that now gives you a line to cut too which is parallel with the floor when the door is closed at 5mm use an electric plane to remove the unwanted wood.
Cutting off corroded hold down bolts with an oscillating tool is a lot faster than trying to unscrew them.
Unfortunately the doors are the awful hollow ones.
Ditto for the bolts that fasten the tank to the bowl.
Here are 10 jobs made easier with a multi tool.
I also used the tool to cut out damaged sections of the wood to replace it with new wood around the bottom.
Trimming a wood door with a circular saw without splintering the wood or damaging the finish is a challenge.
If you ve just installed carpeting your doors will probably rub and bind which means that you have to trim off the bottoms.
Long bladed rough toothed electric saw.