Requesting advice on flush door measurements

[devonwoody]

I am going very contemporary in our master bedroom, removing existing bed heads, (they get dusty) and going to fit a 78" x 27" flush door to the bedroom wall.

I am going to have to take off 3" off the length of the door (perhaps one and a half inch each end, and put a moulding in its place)
How far into the inside of the door does the infill piece normally sit in these doors supplied?

 

[Chippyjoe]

Anywhere between 20mm to 40mm in my experience,depending on the manufacturer.
It's no ,big deal to take that piece out and refit to the finished height.

Hope that helps.

Mark.

 

[devonwoody]

Thanks, I will let you know how it goes. (I was hoping for 3" like the old days)

 

[xy mosian]

As Chippyjoe says, between 20mm and 40mm. The tricky bit in re fitting a softwood batten has always been, for me, cleaning the glue from the inner surface of the panels. It is often machine applied to fix the cardboard 'eggboxing'.

xy

 

[devonwoody]

Thanks, I will let you know how it goes.

I am thinking of fastening a batten to the wall at its bottom edge for the door to lay on, battens up sides and across top and then making a moulding to cover battens and lip over door edge.

Any ideas or improvements gladly accepted, I havent seen it done myself before but I suspect they are around.