Door comes with a 7 8 undercut bottom of door to bottom of jamb 8 lb pad good quality frieze carpet 1 2 desired between door and carpet how high are you guys shimming up your door.
Interior door carpet clearance.
If during a remodel carpet is being installed over the top of a preexisting wood floor doors need to be cut shorter.
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When doors are installed to fit hardwood tile linoleum or any other flat floor covering clearance height from the bottom may be 1 2 inch or.
In that case you can control how much you cut off.
If the door is dragging on carpet it works pretty well to put a no.
To fix the issue the doors need to be removed bottom of the jambs cut and reset the door.
However yesterday when my client arrived home he immediately called me to ask why i cut so much off the door bottoms.
Our existing floors are mainly tile but the doors swing easily over the bedroom carpet.
I have never seen a door set with that big of a gap unless it was to get past floors that were not level.
Main setting prehung doors clearance for carpet.
Higher quality pre hung doors are usually manufactured with 1 5 clearance under the door as described above assuming the flooring will be premium as well in the 3 4 range.
Interior door clearance to floor.
Discussion in carpenters talk started by jam25 jul 10 2019.
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Cheaper pre hung doors give about 1 1 25 clearance and this is because the rise of thinner floor systems for the mass consumer market.
Carpet clearance under the door.
Swing the door over the full arc of its travel and mark it where it drags heaviest on the carpet.
Should have known before selecting carpets i know.
And yes in that case 1 4 would be the minimum amount you want the door to be above the carpet.
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2 pencil on the carpet and mark the door.
All the doors were dragging excessively on the newly carpeted floors.
The standard i use is 1 2 over finish floors 3 4 is acceptable.
The radius of the pencil usually provides adequate clearance.
Standard clearance for interior doors.
Normally i cut the door bottom to leave about 1 of clearence and have never had anyone complain.
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My client had a very plush carpet installed on top of the thickest pad the carpet distributor had to offer.
The best ways to shorten a door after laying carpet.
That is a lot of room for unlevel you have there.