Circular SawOn Friday, we had new carpeting installed in our home. I came home to find out that the closet door in the hallway would no longer open.

The carpeting was above the bottom of the door so it simply couldn't open. The carpeting guys did not tell a newish home owner that the door had to be trimmed down to allow it to open. It was obvious to them.

Lucky me, I have a brother with power tools and a circular saw. I took the door of its hinges, put the door in my wife's large car and took it to my brother's basement - where he has a workshop type of area.

My brother then showed me how the circular saw worked and I went at it.

I snipped off about an inch from the bottom of the door. Honestly, it wasn't a straight line, so maybe an inch on one side and 1.5 inches on the other, with a small incline as you go across the door. But that is really not noticeable when you look at the door.

The bottom line - the hallway closet door now opens even with the carpeting.

Mission accomplished!