Prehung Door Before Or After Finished Floor

But i also have to tile the floor.

Prehung door before or after finished floor.

Baseboard goes down then the 2nd coat of paint goes on. Just be sure to allow for a threshold or thick carpeting before making these cuts. Also maybe others are more careful but i found it s hard not to ding the floor a little bit when doing doors afterwards. After floors this would be a huge pain to do since you would need to pull the door out and saw the jamb.

Wheni install prehung doors the jambs and door are crefully fitted to the final rough opening which includes the finished floor. You can rent a saw that is special made for cutting door casings to allow tyle to go under. Which project goest first. This clearance is set by trimming the ends of the hinge and latch jambs.

I set the prehung unit and then remove the door until after carpet. This is for timing. After floors are in fenish with quarter round shoe molding. Check that the door will swing in the right direction after it s installed.

There will almost certainly be trimming involved for other floors on the jamb and possibly the door too. Set the hinge side of doors 1 2 off floor to tuck in carpet. The last thing i want is the flooring crew to undercut my jambs remove the doors from their hinges and risk dmaging them or adding an unexpected bump in the flooring which takes me coming back to pull the door. The floors go in last.

Adjust the gap around the door and let the other side jam. On a professional job all the doors are hung first then cased. Before the floors go in you can easily shim one end of the jamb to get the door exactly plumb. Then the flooring installers come in and do their thing.

Im only asking because if. The clearance between the bottom of the door and the finish floor should be 3 8 inch or less. Door first means the trimwork can be more complete while the crew is set up onsite. Then you should paint all trim and doors first then ceiling and walls.

What i am looking to do is shim up the jamb to the desired height so that i will have 1 2 after carpet is installed and won t have to cut the doors. So i need to buy new prehung interior doors. You should hang all doors and trim after dry wall. I removed old wood walls and putt in new drywall and so now the door frame is off balance with the wall.

Best method for carpeted floors where minor variations won t show. It also assures that the doors on hand are correct and will work.