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  • Door teim.

    I need to fit a door for my garden room - as it's going to be clad to match the rest of the building, I'm going to be buying a solid core blank and trimming to size.

    • The frame is awkwardly wide at 975mm, giving me the choice of buying a 1220x2440 blank, and trimming, or a 915x2100 blank and building up the ~50mm with hardwood (glueing & nailing).
      -- My gut says that I should spend the extra £60 on the bigger door, as it's far easier to cut it down than to build it up.

    • Should I cut a bevel into one / both edges? The University of Youtube has both and none of these being done.

    • Cutting mortices and hinges - should I be investing in (really quite expensive for single use) jigs, or shall I make a jig myself. Or just eyeball it with a chisel.

  • Forgot to add that the surface of the doors is also quite rough. If you don't want the industrial look even when painted it takes a bit of extra prep.

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