How to Bevel a Door for a Threshold

A door installer bevels a door's bottom edge to match an angled threshold's shape. A beveled edge, sometimes called an angle-cut edge, maintains an evenly sized gap along the space between the bottom of the door and the top of the threshold. The gap allows the door to close without rubbing or binding on the threshold. In some cases, the door installer adds weather stripping to the door's beveled edge. The beveled edge lets the weather stripping seal the door when closed but holds the weather stripping off the floor as the door swings open.

Saw horses
Tape measure
Framing square
Wood plane
Coarse-grit sanding block

Instructions

- 1
  Set the door on a set of saw horses with the interior side of the door facing up.
- 2
  Measure from the top of the threshold to the bottom of the horizontal part of the door frame, using a tape measure. Subtract 1/4 inch from the measurement and transfer the total measurement to the door's interior side with a pencil, measuring from the top of the door toward the bottom edge with the tape measure.
- 3
  Hold a framing square on the door's measurement mark and draw a layout line across the door's interior side, using the framing square as a straightedge.
- 4
  Shave the door's beveled edge with a wood plane, working across the entire edge of the door with even strokes. Continue to shave the door's edge until the wood plane's blade reaches the layout line.
- 5
  Smooth the door's beveled edge with a coarse-grit sanding block.

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