Check that the door will swing in the right direction after it s installed.
Prehung door before or after finished floor.
Which project goest first.
But i also have to tile the floor.
Im only asking because if.
Also maybe others are more careful but i found it s hard not to ding the floor a little bit when doing doors afterwards.
Set the hinge side of doors 1 2 off floor to tuck in carpet.
Then the flooring installers come in and do their thing.
This clearance is set by trimming the ends of the hinge and latch jambs.
There will almost certainly be trimming involved for other floors on the jamb and possibly the door too.
This is for timing.
Door first means the trimwork can be more complete while the crew is set up onsite.
Most builders leave the floors for last.
So i need to buy new prehung interior doors.
After floors this would be a huge pain to do since you would need to pull the door out and saw the jamb.
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.
Baseboard goes down then the 2nd coat of paint goes on.
You should hang all doors and trim after dry wall.
I set the prehung unit and then remove the door until after carpet.
You can rent a saw that is special made for cutting door casings to allow tyle to go under.
Before the floors go in you can easily shim one end of the jamb to get the door exactly plumb.
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.
It also assures that the doors on hand are correct and will work.
After floors are in fenish with quarter round shoe molding.
I am gutting out the house and one project leads to another.
The floors go in last.
The clearance between the bottom of the door and the finish floor should be 3 8 inch or less.
Adjust the gap around the door and let the other side jam.
Just be sure to allow for a threshold or thick carpeting before making these cuts.
Best method for carpeted floors where minor variations won t show.
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.
Then you should paint all trim and doors first then ceiling and walls.