Trimming Doors For New Carpet

Door trimming is a subject that often comes up in the discussion when we re doing estimates for clients.

Trimming doors for new carpet.

I don t like for the doors to drag on the carpeting but i do like it when they are as tight as they can be to the floor. If you ve just installed carpeting your doors will probably rub and bind which means that you have to trim off the bottoms. 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. 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.

Trimming a wood door with a circular saw without splintering the wood or damaging the finish is a challenge. Here s the method of door cutting that works best for us. Rather than attempt to force the door open or closed which may damage the door or the carpet consider trimming the bottom of the door as an adjustment. One of the things to take into consideration is the pile height of your carpet and the existing door lengths so that you don t have doors that have too much clearance nor do you have doors that have no clearance when they go back on.