ᐅ Door and Door Frame Damage During Construction Phase – Is Protection Necessary?

Created on: 19 Nov 2021 10:31
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MichaelH82
Good morning,

my house will finally be built in January, and I am not sure whether the doors and door frames will be properly protected during the construction phase or if it is really necessary to protect them.

I can easily imagine that builders, carrying materials and tools, might bump into the corners of the doors and cause some damage.

I already wish everyone a nice weekend and look forward to your experiences.

Michael from the North 🙂
Tolentino19 Nov 2021 11:11
Oh, of course, I was only referring to exterior doors.
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MichaelH82
19 Nov 2021 11:19
For the exterior doors, I don’t really have any other ideas right now except to leave the factory-applied film on. For the interior doors, I might stick some styrofoam or something similar around the corners. I still need to come up with a better solution for that.
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ypg
19 Nov 2021 12:11
Doors and windows complete the shell construction.
They are protected with plastic sheeting, and the front door panel is often a temporary construction door.
(Consortium) damages to the trade do not have to be accepted. If you are working with a general contractor, it is quite straightforward: simply report the defect during the handover, then it will generally be replaced or the fault properly corrected.
It just depends on who is calling the shots 😉
11ant19 Nov 2021 12:34
tomtom79 schrieb:

It depends. For us, it was delivered with the wall.
For timber frame panels, this is probably standard.
MichaelH82 schrieb:

For the interior doors, maybe I could stick some styrofoam or something around the corners.
More like "or something," because styrofoam wouldn’t be impact-resistant. But I guess you mean just the door frames anyway; I’d leave the doors off the hinges until the construction workers are done (or even better, until the movers have finished).
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hampshire
19 Nov 2021 12:39
If there are doors installed, it’s a good idea to protect them. Accidents can always happen. It doesn’t help if doors usually come at the end, but for @MichaelH82, it is different for some reason.
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MichaelH82
22 Nov 2021 14:53
I don’t think it will be much different for me compared to other construction sites. I’ll just take a look and then decide if it’s necessary to protect the door frames.

It is what it is – when building a house, your nerves will get stretched at some point. Because you read so much, you mostly hear about bad experiences; that’s just how it is.

I’m going to have a calming tea now.

Regards from the North