vidapura wrote:Hi,
please forgive the newbie question.
We have two doors in our house that work fine in cold/wet weather but stick when the weather gets good.
I'm a bit worried that the house is reacting that much to temp/humidity.. but maybe its normal..
First point, wood will expand when it gets more humid and shrink when it gets less humid, that is entirely normal.
However unless you haven't given the whole story it should be the other way round. Did you forget to say that the house gets heated when the weather is cold and wet?
vidapura wrote:The doors though, are quite a tight fit .. so I was thinkin I might shave a coupla mils off the bottom of one to see if it would cure the sticking.
You need to be sure where the doors are sticking before doing that, are they dragging on the floor?
Check to see if the gap around the door is the same. If the gap at the top is a bit bigger then you should be able to adjust the swing of the doors at the hinges, probably packing the bottom one with some paper or thin cardboard.
Try that before cutting the door
vidapura wrote:Now , cutting an inch off would be easy.. just my circular saw and edge guide.. But just to take 2 or 3 mm off.. I'm not sure whats the best/easiest approach... such a small amount..
If you have a reasonably good circular saw, experience using it and a good edge guide then that is the best way.
FWIW I've just been talking less than that off some door jams and that's what I've been doing using a Festool track saw and guide rails.
vidapura wrote:I presume it'd be a planing job? but not sure how I'd keep the edge even...
Is there a tried and tested technique at all?
Someone who has experience with hand tools and is using the correct plane for the job would be able to do it. Probably putting a pencil line on the door and planning down to it.
If you aren't sure how to keep the edge even, then you don't have the experience or tools for the job, stay with the circular saw.
