Door slab resizing, Door slab resizing beyond maximum trimming limits – Therma-Tru SHOP 3 Door Preparation - U1 Revised User Manual

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Door
Preparation

Shop 3

2014 (U1 REVISED)

3.7

Door Slab Resizing

Door Slab Resizing Beyond Maximum Trimming Limits

Height Resizing

Note:
A standard door can be cut down to any size if it is aesthetically acceptable, the following
procedure for re-railing is followed, and it conforms to the applicable code requirements.
Flush doors and paneled doors may be re-railed. Any height re-sizing beyond maximum
trim limits requires rail replacement. 20-minute steel fire doors can only be resized by a
Warnock Hersey certified re-machiner.

Width Resizing

Doors cannot be edge-trimmed beyond the limits listed in SHOP 3 - Door Slab Trimming

Saw Slab to Length

Measure and mark door slab.

Cut along line with saw, using
carbide-tipped blade. If
available, use panel saw.

Touch up edges with rasp or
sandpaper.

Note: For 20-minute steel fire
doors, a maximum of 6” may be
removed from the bottom of
the door.

Mark for New Rail Pocket

Use new rail as a pattern.

Center rail against cut end
of door slab.

Scribe at rail ends to mark limits
of cut for rail pocket.

Equal

Equal

Scribe line
each end

STOP:

Fiberglass impact doors and 20-minute fiberglass fire doors cannot be re-sized
beyond maximum trimming limits. For 90-minute steel edge fire doors, see
90-minute fire door slab re-sizing section.

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