I'm putting a click lock floor in. There is a pocket door between the tiled floor bathroom and the room I am flooring.

I have a piece of transition for between the tile and the flooring. But because of its curve it contacts the bottom of the pocket door and keeps the door from pulling out.

Any suggestions ?

I don't want to pull the pocket door out to trim it if I can avoid it. The obvious fix is to trim the bottom of the door a little (all it needs is about 3/16 or so. Yet I don't know how I would get a neat horizontal cut all the way across the 1 1/2 inch thick (hollow core) pocket door.

I am willing to buy a tool since I SO MUCH don't want to pull out the door to trim it. I've seen a Rotozip with saw attachment for making space along baseboards for flooring. And a similar Fein tool (a little pricey). Is this the best way to do it though ? The tile is already set and can't be moved. And I tried angling the transition down but the door still doesn't trim.

Can you just butt the wood floor piece up against the tile and fill the joint with some kind of wood putty/grout ? If so, what would you recommend ?

Even if I pull the top door trim off the top of the door would be flush with the door header so I couldn't get at any height adjusting roller screws (assuming they even exist).

The tile guy is coming back in a few days. Maybe he could just cut the tile back 1/2 inch, as the door would clear the flooring if the flooring went completely under the pockeet door. I'd just put the transition further in the bathroom just slightly past the pocket door. Is that the solution ?

Thanks for any help !

Bob

Floating floors need a transition piece, for the expansion issue and also just to hold the floor down.

I have cut pocket doors off in place using my Crain 812 and 820 undercut saws. Takes two people, one cutting and one slowing pulling the door out. Maybe your tile guy has one or a similar model saw.