Door rubbing on carpet

sjoh0961

Hi All.

We have a new carpet that is rubbing on the carpet. This doesn't really cause a problem in opening the door, except that the room is soon to be our baby's bedroom, and it is difficult to open quietly.

The options I can see are:

1. Leave it and hope it'll sort itself out, by frequency of use
2. Try to get some sand paper under the door, and gradully wear it down that way
3. Hire a door saw from HSS and chop off 5mm, which is the minimum

Can anyone please advise on pros/cons of these approaches?

Thanks a lot,

Tim

Mark_Mark

Or plane a couple of mil off.

sjoh0961

Mark_Mark wrote: »

Or plane a couple of mil off.

Ah, yes. Should have said, don't really want to do that one because we've recently had all the doors fitted by a joiner, and we've painted the frames etc, and are worried that if we take he door off and put it back on again, it will move slightly, and won't fit the frame, or something like that (advice from FIL).

Thanks for the reply.

Mark_Mark

So you were going to cut or sand the new door in place, on the new carpet.

[Deleted User]

Hi,

what about rising butt hinges, which raise the door as you open it.

sjoh0961

Mark_Mark wrote: »

So you were going to cut or sand the new door in place, on the new carpet.

I thought that was what these things do?

http://www.hss.com/g/3141/Door-Trim-Saw-inc-Blade-.html

sjoh0961

[Deleted User] wrote:

Hi,

what about rising butt hinges, which raise the door as you open it.

Hmm...

I've seen those, but they'd still mean taking the doors off, and fiddling with the work that we've just paid for. How much hassle would they cause, and would they definitely solve our problem?

I feel we have been badly advised, as we weren't really told about this possibility (I know it may seem obvious, but we're not experienced doers up of houses, so would expect tradespeople to mention these things).

macman

You are overcomplicating this. Just take the door off yourself and plane it down, it's 30 mins work at most, 6 screws. It will fit back in the same screw holes in the same position.
The carpet and door won't 'wear down' with use...
Most carpet fitters will adjust doors when fitting but of course at a small fee.

StuC75

go for removing the door and taking a couple of mm off the bottom - best with a plane.. Otherwise it could damage the carpet in the longer term.. its quite common when new carpet & underlay has been fitted..

when it comes to re-fitting the door use a chisel under the bottom of the door to help lift it up to the existing holes for the screws, that way when its fitted to the existing points there will be no problem re-hanging the door - assuming you remember to take it off the bottom of the door and not the top ;-) ...

moneyistooshorttomention

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I feel we have been badly advised, as we weren't really told about this possibility (I know it may seem obvious, but we're not experienced doers up of houses, so would expect tradespeople to mention these things).[/QUOTE]

As someone currently renovating the house I have recently bought (and living in it at the same time) I never cease to be astonished by how many workmen don't mention things the customer probably won't realise. They just don't seem to think in terms of we often don't know the "ins and outs" of their job. Errrrn....no....that's what we pay THEM good money for.

A good carpet shop should mention at the time we buy our carpets "...and it will cost £x extra if we have to shorten the door". I have recently found that there ARE a few carpet fitters out there that don't adjust doors if need be. I don't know just how they think the customer will deal with that...in fact my suspicion is that they get/do the job first and then, when the customer goes "You've forgotten to adjust my door" they come out with a faux innocent "Oh....did I forget to mention that I don't do it myself?":cool:

Sorry to hear you've had one of those (partial) carpet fitters that didn't think fit to mention he doesn't provide a full service.

Sounds a bit like you've had the "I won't mention that to the customer in advance that I won't do all my job and will land them with a problem" type fitters. You'll know not to pick that firm again in the future I guess...

Meanwhile, Mr Partial Fitter has landed you with having to find and pay for a carpenter I guess...which will cost rather more than the standard £10 or so they add to the bill if they do ALL their job and shorten the door for you.

Sorry to hear you've been landed with this problem by that fitter.

I think the way to avoid these partial fitters is to expect all carpet fitters to say at the time you are looking at carpets what they charge for door adjusting and, if they don't mention it, assume they don't provide a full service and choose someone else.

paulsad

Don't agree - carpet fitter is a carpet fitter not a joiner - many complications can arise when trimming a door.