Install Doors Before Carpet

Then the flooring installers come in and do their thing.

Install doors before carpet.

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. Or you may be replacing the baseboards but leaving the carpet. John spier owner of spier construction a building and remodeling company on block island r i responds. Baseboard goes down then the 2nd coat of paint goes on.

If you re remodeling your closet and installing sliding doors you may be concerned when it comes to installing the bottom brackets on your carpeting. If you re in one of these situations follow these instructions to install the trim after the carpet. If you were installing vinyl or tile you would do the same but hold off on any quarter round trim until you re done. I enjoyed john spier s article on installing pre hung doors what about when the floors will be carpeted.

You don t need to. Baseboards are often installed before flooring since they must be finished in place with either stain or paint and this is much easier without worrying about staining the hardwood tile or carpet. On a professional job all the doors are hung first then cased. A really thick shag carpet can make it difficult to judge how high to place the trim.

Sliding doors can be confusing to install on carpet because instead of small corner brackets they typically are installed with track brackets that run the width of the closet opening. This is for timing. The last time i had new carpet installed i ended up removing all of the doors and trimming them down on a case by case basis. The standard procedure is to install carpet after the doors and trim are installed.

The important consideration particularly for pre hung doors is how high to install it above the subfloor.