How should I cut bi-fold doors to fit an opening?
Hello,
I have a closet opening that's 46" wide.
I bought 2 sets of 24" bi-fold doors.
I guess I need to remove 2" to make them fit.
Should I remove the hardware and take 1/4" off of each panel?
If so - what would be the best tool to use?
TS, router, hand planer - or ?
My plan was to take the hardware off, strike a line 1/4 from each edge, use the electric hand planer to get close, then finish removal with a belt sander.
Plan "B" is to take the hardware off and use the TS to rip 1/2" from the outside of the panel in order to preserve the square where the panels are hinged.
Plan "C" - which I'd like to avoid - I guess would be to enlarge the opening. Unfortunately, that may be more than what I'm comfortable doing myself.
Pretty basic but I have to ask............
Whether you measured the actual doors yet. I put a pair of 24" bifolds in our entry closet opening. They turned out to be quite shy of the measurement, like they were set up for a 48" rough opening. Easy enough since the closet opening was not framed in I went ahead and framed and trimmed it, looks better anyway. Just a thought, if you haven't done so put a tape on one of them. Mine were bought at our local door store so there wasn't the usual packaging with measurements on it.
Larry R