Hang Doors Before Flooring

Also maybe others are more careful but i found it s hard not to ding the floor a little bit when doing doors afterwards.

Hang doors before flooring.

The flooring is up and the doors are tossed being replaced. The floor coverers will pop the hinge pins and set the doors aside while installing th. Before i do the floors i suppose. If i install them before a hardwood i generally raise the jambs up 1 4 off the sub floor.

The key is to determine where the top of the tile carpet or throw rug will be and then raise the door frame to leave about a 1 2 in. This is for timing. By having all the doors and trim up first the painters can come in and spray everything out and get the first coat of color on the walls. In my article hanging pre hung interior doors jul 16 i discussed the process i ve developed for installing interior doors in a fast and efficient manner.

Second floor just needs the finished hardwood floors. After floors this would be a huge pain to do since you would need to pull the door out and saw the jamb. I think builders opt for floors last to minimize damage from the various trades moving through the house. Much easier to install the flooring no trimming of the doors needed no fitting around cabinets etc.

Baseboard goes down then the 2nd coat of paint goes on. First floor i need to put 3 4 plywood subfloor and vapor barrier to the concrete slab floor base. Do i do the door casements before or after i paint the walls. Got laminate floors installed in july and then decided i wanted new interior doors.

We built our own house a couple of years ago and we installed our hardwood and tile floors before installing the door frames and cabinets. Space under the door photo. To avoid this problem add a spacer under the door before you install it. Before the floors go in you can easily shim one end of the jamb to get the door exactly plumb.

On a professional job all the doors are hung first then cased. I m redoing my hardwood flooring and interior doors. My question is when do i install the pre hung interior doors. For some of the doors i ve widened the rough stud opening from 30 to 32 and have bought stab doors and will do the jambs myself.

I enjoyed john spier s article on installing pre hung doors what about when the floors will be carpeted. Then the flooring installers come in and do their thing. John spier owner of spier construction a building and remodeling company on block island r i responds.