Thread: Metal in shop-bought doors - not good for trimming.

Looks like a staple

Yes it does, I threw out the waste so can't dig it out, but the staple was wide enough for a 2.6mm kerf and leave metal on either side of the cut. Still, what the hell were they thinking of and why would they need to staple it together. This door cost less than the blade it is not helping to maintain in good order. Cheap door production process I guess.

Vented now, calming down..... aahhhhh.

It's standard practice with cheap vacuum formed, and ready-coat doors. If you want to trim more than 5mm off them, then put an old blade in your saw first.

edit: - There's probably not a lot holding it together now either (depending on how much you've cut off it). If you're using it in a bathroom, then I'd re edge it so it doesn't open up after a while.

Thanks John - I have always cut solid wood or 30+ year old hollow core doors that this has never come up. Fortunately this one was not for the bathroom, but a bedroom. I did a rudimentary strength test on the staple end (looked at it and swore, tilted my head at it - then painted it) prior to hanging it. It was three in the morning and all I could emotionally manage.