Install Prehung Doors Before Or After Flooring

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.

Install prehung doors before or after flooring.

Before the floors go in you can easily shim one end of the jamb to get the door exactly plumb. 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. Check that the door will swing in the right direction after it s installed. Demo out the sink and floor.

Install a new floor. The clearance between the bottom of the door and the finish floor should be 3 8 inch or less. 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.

Measure the old door. 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. Baseboard goes down then the 2nd coat of paint goes on. The floor coverers will pop the hinge pins and set the doors aside while installing th.

That may be installed along with it. Wheni install prehung doors the jambs and door are crefully fitted to the final rough opening which includes the finished floor. Install a new countertop sink and backsplash. 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.

The new door should be 1 2 inch less than the height of the rough opening and 3 4 inch less in width. Before removing the old door have the new one on hand. On a professional job all the doors are hung first then cased. Install a new vanity.

John spier owner of spier construction a building and remodeling company on block island r i responds. Hi apreston0 here is the order you should take in remodeling your bathroom. After floors this would be a huge pain to do since you would need to pull the door out and saw the jamb. Demo out the tub shower unit.

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. Also measure the jamb depth. 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.

Install a new tub shower unit. Got laminate floors installed in july and then decided i wanted new interior doors. This is for timing. Remove the interior trim and measure the width and height of the frame.