Under stairs door cupboard catching

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Re: Under stairs door cupboard catching

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you cant do it without reducing the top edge off the door or removing part off the frame to give clearence
there may be some very fancy and probably very expensive hinges i dont know about :lol: :dunno:
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having said that long throw or parliament hinges are used to give face clearence on normal doors
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Ahh yes, I recall now the doors I did were hinged on the long side and that is why I advised Blakey when he was doing it. If I had looked at the photos properly I would have sussed that :oops:

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dewaltdisney wrote:Ahh yes, I recall now the doors I did were hinged on the long side and that is why I advised Blakey when he was doing it. If I had looked at the photos properly I would have sussed that :oops:

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"I got round it the same way DWD said, took door off and planed top inside edge to a taper without touching the top of the door, so it didn't show when the door is shut."

Yep, me too.
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