Install Prehung Doors Before Or After Flooring

I enjoyed john spier s article on installing pre hung doors what about when the floors will be carpeted.

Install prehung doors before or after flooring.

The floor coverers will pop the hinge pins and set the doors aside while installing th. Baseboard goes down then the 2nd coat of paint goes on. Install a new tub shower unit. 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. Spruce wrote i d vote for doors first it will make installation of the door easier by not having to worry about floor clearances once installed when you re doing the floor you then cut the jamb legs so that they just clear the flooring and any padding glue etc. On a professional job all the doors are hung first then cased. I love my doors which were installed today but since the floors were installed first i now have a gap or two where the new frame doesn t cover the flooring.

Also measure the jamb depth. Hi apreston0 here is the order you should take in remodeling your bathroom. Install a new fixture. John spier owner of spier construction a building and remodeling company on block island r i responds.

Check that the door will swing in the right direction after it s installed. That may be installed along with it. 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. Remove the interior trim and measure the width and height of the frame.

Demo out the tub shower unit. Install a new vanity. This is for timing. Got laminate floors installed in july and then decided i wanted new interior doors.

Also maybe others are more careful but i found it s hard not to ding the floor a little bit when doing doors afterwards. It s a good idea to measure the actual door too. Demo out the sink and floor. Before removing the old door have the new one on hand.

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. Install a new countertop sink and backsplash. 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. The new door should be 1 2 inch less than the height of the rough opening and 3 4 inch less in width.

Then the flooring installers come in and do their thing. Before the floors go in you can easily shim one end of the jamb to get the door exactly plumb. Worst case a door could be installed with as little as 1 8 inch clearance side to side also check that the jamb depth equals the wall s thickness. Generally speaking door frames are installed and the doors are hung during the trim and finish phase before the flooring is installed but after the painting.