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Cutting down fiberglass exterior door.
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Cutting fiberglass is a simple procedure but in handling the door you may need help because some are heavy.
My thought is cut the door and install a replacement door sweep where i cut.
The exterior metal cladding typically is only 1 16 inch thick.
Off the top and 1 1 2 in.
If it needs to be cut down to size then you can do this by using a normal saw to cut through the fiberglass door.
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Fiberglass is a wonderful material.
The door is standard 3 0 wide but is only 78 5 tall.
Fiberglass doors are made of glass fibers as the name implies and the tape helps hold the cut edges of the door together as you cut.
But the door i ordered was not in the trimmable line.
Some of the best fiberglass entry doors have gotten so good at mimicking the look feel and thunk of wood that you could swing one open and close it behind you without ever realizing you weren t handling solid mahogany oak or pine.
Residential metal doors are not that different from typical flat slab exterior doors often seen on houses.
Plastpro has a trimmable line of doors that can be cut to fit custom openings 1 in.
A fiberglass door is a useful type of door which lasts for a very long time.
The interior of the door is made up of solid wood framing with fillers and some void space.
4 put on your respirator or safety mask and goggles.
Watch this video and learn why cutting down a fiberglass door is a lot different than cutting a wood door.
I have a pre hung fiber glass door 3 0 by 6 8 that i would like to use as a replacement.
I do not want to replace the whole frame just the door itself.
They are not solid metal.
Because they re made from the same family of glass fiber reinforced polymers used to craft airplanes surfboards and corvettes these.
The width is perfect but i would need to cut some off the bottom.