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Does your cabinet fit through a standard door?
« on: April 21, 2008, 09:44:28 pm »
I'm planning on using a 27" TV for my cab that I'm building this summer but I'm not so sure it will fit through a door. Anyone with 27" televisions have any input on this?

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Re: Does your cabinet fit through a standard door?
« Reply #1 on: April 21, 2008, 09:56:37 pm »
a standard door can range in size.

the one we built is 31-1/2" wide without the CP, so it might fit thru a 2-8 width door, by removing the door, unless the door can open and hopefully not have to remove the door stops.

i guess a standard interior door width would be 2-4 to 2-8, but could be wider or narrower.

we could have made the cabinet a couple inches narrower and still fit the 27" tv.

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Re: Does your cabinet fit through a standard door?
« Reply #2 on: April 21, 2008, 10:25:01 pm »
The cab I'm building is going to be 28.5 inches wide since the doorways in my house are only 30 inches wide.  I have to make my CP separately and install it later. 
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Re: Does your cabinet fit through a standard door?
« Reply #3 on: April 22, 2008, 04:41:33 am »
I made sure my cabinet was not too wide to fit through my doors, although it is quite tight in some of them!

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Re: Does your cabinet fit through a standard door?
« Reply #4 on: April 22, 2008, 05:00:53 am »
I'm planning on using a 27" TV for my cab that I'm building this summer but I'm not so sure it will fit through a door. Anyone with 27" televisions have any input on this?

A standard interior door is 2 foot 6 inches by six foot six inches. A standard exterior door is 3 foot by six foot six inches.

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Re: Does your cabinet fit through a standard door?
« Reply #5 on: April 22, 2008, 08:10:50 am »
UA2 cabs needs to be taken apart into three pieces (but that is the reason they are designed that way).
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Re: Does your cabinet fit through a standard door?
« Reply #6 on: April 22, 2008, 08:23:16 am »
You can always remove the door from it's hinges to gain a couple extra inches - that's what I had to do (my cab has a 27" monitor).
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Re: Does your cabinet fit through a standard door?
« Reply #7 on: April 22, 2008, 10:30:24 am »
I built in 3 pieces, ( well cp is not finished yet ) My top is 29.5". I can fit it if I take my door off the hinges, but the depth is several inches less so I can C it through most any doorway. Bottom is 28" no problem there.

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Re: Does your cabinet fit through a standard door?
« Reply #8 on: April 22, 2008, 12:25:48 pm »
The two cabs I have in the main part of my house are conversions (a 25" Dynamo and a Bally Midway Rampage style cab) with fixed control panels. I have to take the door off the hinges and also remove the door trim to get them through. I've done it a few times, and it's no big deal once you try.

If you need to pop the trim, I recommend getting a painters tool. It looks like a scraper, but has a strong blade. Makes it easy to pry up trim without marking up the wood or paint, unlike a pry bar or screwdriver.

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Re: Does your cabinet fit through a standard door?
« Reply #9 on: April 22, 2008, 04:28:16 pm »
This is a 30" door and a 27" tv.  Have to take off the cp to do it tho.

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Re: Does your cabinet fit through a standard door?
« Reply #10 on: April 22, 2008, 11:46:32 pm »
This is a 30" door and a 27" tv.  Have to take off the cp to do it tho.

Yeah, that's why I built my CP separately.  I want my cab to have a 25" monitor and my CP is about 37" wide.  Too wide to fit through a door so it is built separate and will attach to my cab once it's built.  On the bright side, building the CP let me learn about woodworking.
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