Cutting Off Exterior Metal Door

Originally Posted by Mcdonoughman

I cut off the door w/ no problem. I do have a gap now between door and theshhold. I guess I will cut out threshold and raise it up some

Originally Posted by genecarp

Who advised him to cut the door? His question was "how do i cut a metal door". not SHOULD i cut the door......

Additionally, if a fellow tradesman got himself in a pickle due to a mistake, why would you find that amusing ?

Originally Posted by Patrick

Cause you should notice the tiles gonna hit the door BEFORE you lay the tile NOT AFTER The proper solution would have been to raise the door not cut it.

Originally Posted by Burby

If only a reasonable margin, G is correct instead of cutting existing threshold and getting into to the problem of disturbing the moisture seal / pan flashing that should be below. You never did say how much had to be cut off door. Depending on how much build up you did as well as the height of bottom of door to start with. It could be only a 1/4" up to 1".

Let me explain a bit more. This don;t just pertain to doors, any construction project I reply to.
I probably suggest a bit more than some do, but is because of I work 2 different lines of work, I guess, would be a way of saying it. Not saying others are right or wrong and or depending on what your customers will or won't accept. Not that my way is better than any other, just based on over 30 years of my experience.
Because of doing litigation work as well as upper end Construction.
So many doors I have changed out, have been because with time, H/Os got tired of never having a scatter rug in front of their door to wipe feet when entering, no joke, I can;t count the number of doors for this reason alone. In brand new homes as well. So many doors are installed just a 1/2 inch or less above finished floor making it impossible to have a decent scatter or throw rug in front of the door. Even if the customer loved their new floor at first, with time this seemed to always be an issue I would hear when asked what I could do to change this. Or if I changed a door for one H/O not long after, I received calls from several of their friends asking me to do the same for them as they thought they had to live with this problem. Listen to customers complaints of other workers and one can develop a better company. Customers are what make our Companies what they end up being. The simplest things can offer you a Customer base to keep you working thru the hardest of times, cause if there is a house, there is work as with healthcare.
Equally so, (especially here in the Southeast), I have done so many repair jobs pertaining to wood decay to the band joist under doors that have been tampered with to make work and or improper flashing pans.

There are a lot of Contractors out here that are starting out & or growing and wanting to grow in ways to always better themselves & their Company.
In these trying times we are in, this will break a lot of Companies, come back in the next year and see how many are still here self employed.
So if I can offer anything to anyone I try. As any of you know, for as many that are here, there are that many different ways to do the same job.
Having worked in litigation for the years I did, I learnt so much, from mistakes of others, regardless of the reason. So if I can help others by passing on things that could better their company & lives in general, I try to. None of which has to be followed, it don't matter to me if laughed at or ignored, but to some they will give some consideration. Depending on their part of the country and or knowledge of Contractors being or have been drug into a law suit, or dealing with what they believe to be difficult customers, it just may help them.
I still work today because I love my work, always have. I could have stayed retired, but due to customers request I returned to work, but work limited, 4 day work weeks if that & only for customers that understand the work schedule I choose to have. Once in a while depending on circumstances I will take on a new customer if referred to me by a long standing customer.

I hope everyone of us survive thru this economic mess we are in, keep in mind we are just in the beginning of this mess.
Keep the glass half full & you will survive well

Originally Posted by genecarp

Who advised him to cut the door? His question was "how do i cut a metal door". not SHOULD i cut the door......

Additionally, if a fellow tradesman got himself in a pickle due to a mistake, why would you find that amusing ?

Originally Posted by Locknload

Might not be the correct application here but ....I remember back in the early 70's we had hw flooring put down on a town house job and couldn't raise the door ( masonry siding ) so we cut the door and found a " auto adjustable threshold " that pop'd up and down when you opened or closed the door ...
I thought it was great at the time ..but .. I have never seen it since ...( maybe it wasnt as great as I thought ) ..