Install Door Frames Before Carpet

But that forever changed my thinking on doors before carpet.

Install door frames before carpet.

Join us as we discuss 3 options and you decide which one is best for you. If you are installing a pre hung door and only one side is carpeting then it s easiest to cut off a bit of the bottom of the door before you install it. After the fact you can also use an undercut saws to adjust the trim height. Install tack strips around door frames but not across the threshold to prevent stepping on the sharp points.

To avoid this problem add a spacer under the door before you install it. Keep a space equal to about two thirds the thickness of the carpet between the walls and the tack strips using a scrap piece of carpet as a guide. The carpet installers will run right up to and under the trim for a seamless look. Actually in this instance the whole house was built out of cmu interior and exterior walls.

Space under the door photo. 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. So all i did was install bifolds and slabs. In some cases this will not be possible since.

When installing baseboard before carpet the easiest thing to do is to install it even with the bottom edge of the drywall as previously described. Keeping the shims and the fasteners low helps to prevent the carpet installers from moving the jambs out of position when they come along with their knee kickers.