Doors Or Floors First

We usually wait for the tile setters to finish before basing the tile areas.

Doors or floors first. Floor around here we install jambs and doors first then hardwood floors. If i m trimming i d like to put in the doors first and the floor guy can cut the jambs with his jamb saw. Rough and finish sand then seal coat the floors. I d vote for doors first it will make installation of the door easier by not having to worry about floor clearances.

Once installed when you re doing the floor you then cut the jamb legs so that they just clear the flooring and any padding glue etc. After floors are in fenish with quarter round shoe molding. Installing flooring first but if you have to install the flooring first here s a method that will avoid some of the problems i just described. Which is first door jambs or wd.

I then cover the floors with rosin paper to within 4 inches of walls tape with blue tape. Because of the trees age and massive diameter the desirable heartwood was extremely tight grained making the lumber harder and more durable than the relatively immature wood of the. A gutted room eliminates much of the dirt and grime associated with removing old carpet tile or wood flooring. Put all the base cabinets in place then mark a line on the subfloor corresponding to the front edge of the toekick.

Any thoughts on this matter would be greatly appreciated. Trim after dry wall. My husband worries that if we put the floor in first the new door will not match up with the cuts or transistions the installers may do to accomodate the old door. That may be installed along with it.

My thought is that the floor should come first because the door can always be raised lowered to meet up with the floor. The history of wood flooring begins in colonial america when the first floors were wide thick planks cut from the continent s abundant old growth forests. Which came first door and baseboard trim or f here in michigan the flooring guys lay the floor first then we trim sometimes even the tile goes in first but not all the time. Then you should paint all trim and doors first the floors go in last.

This is for unfinished flooring the finished stuff is layed after we trim. You can do it either way with excellent results which goes in first depends on who your asking. Opt for floor installation first because it s often a messy process. Theres one good reason to install the doors first and that is if your floor is not level across the threshold almost always off by some factor in my house.

If i m installing the hardwood i d like to go first and the trim guy can scribe his jambs.