Carpets or Doors first?

staffie1

I reckon I should get the new carpets and wooden floor down first, then replace the internal wooden doors. Does that sound logical?

Barneysmom

It does to me. Otherwise you might have to trim the door bottoms twice

staffie1

Thanks - I just wanted to sanity-check what I was doing!

tizerbelle

Barneysmom wrote: »

It does to me. Otherwise you might have to trim the door bottoms twice

Or even worse, have to get a second set of new doors cos you took too much off the first set to clear the old flooring and the new flooring is lower.

staffie1

tizerbelle wrote: »

Or even worse, have to get a second set of new doors cos you took too much off the first set to clear the old flooring and the new flooring is lower.

Yes that's a good point. I'm getting carpets for the bedrooms, but the living room is going to be wooden flooring so that is bound to be lower than the existing carpet I guess.

WLM21

If you have carpet fitted, (if you can) wait for a few weeks before you put on the doors, as the pile can become lower after a while.

If you can't wait, cut the doors a little on the tight side initially (so it actually touches the carpet top), then this will work out well, after a few weeks.You don't want too big a gap.

Alternatively, fit draught excluders to the doors, the ones with brushes on.