Hello dear members,
With our builder, only the screed (with underfloor heating) is installed, and the floor covering must be laid by the buyer after handover.
However, the interior doors are already installed by the builder beforehand.
I am quite concerned about the issue of “interior doors installed but floor covering still needs to be laid.”
I’m not an expert, but my gut feeling is that the floor covering should be laid first, and then the doors installed.
The builder doesn’t know which floor covering I will choose and, unfortunately, is not interested.
Isn’t there a significant risk that the gap between the floor covering and the door leaf might end up being too large? Or possibly too small?
I also imagine there could be problems with the transition between the door frame and the floor covering, since the floor has to be laid around the frame.
I picture all of this as quite unsatisfactory.
What do you think about this approach? Or is it common practice, with good solutions available?
The builder is very inflexible, so retrofitting the doors afterward is unfortunately not an option.
Thank you very much for your help!
With our builder, only the screed (with underfloor heating) is installed, and the floor covering must be laid by the buyer after handover.
However, the interior doors are already installed by the builder beforehand.
I am quite concerned about the issue of “interior doors installed but floor covering still needs to be laid.”
I’m not an expert, but my gut feeling is that the floor covering should be laid first, and then the doors installed.
The builder doesn’t know which floor covering I will choose and, unfortunately, is not interested.
Isn’t there a significant risk that the gap between the floor covering and the door leaf might end up being too large? Or possibly too small?
I also imagine there could be problems with the transition between the door frame and the floor covering, since the floor has to be laid around the frame.
I picture all of this as quite unsatisfactory.
What do you think about this approach? Or is it common practice, with good solutions available?
The builder is very inflexible, so retrofitting the doors afterward is unfortunately not an option.
Thank you very much for your help!
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Mottenhausen12 Nov 2019 23:27I generally agree with you: doors should be installed last, but overall, so many things happen before reaching the interior doors that the doors end up causing the least concern.
Lay the flooring around the door frames if no sufficiently tall spacers were placed during installation. Door leaves can be unhinged and trimmed at the bottom at any time, or alternatively, a sealing strip can be attached, although the gap under the door is necessary anyway as an air transfer opening for all modern ventilation options.
In our case, the doors were installed last, but now all the baseboard tiles / skirting boards still need to be laid up to the frames. Not necessarily better in terms of the logical sequence either.
Lay the flooring around the door frames if no sufficiently tall spacers were placed during installation. Door leaves can be unhinged and trimmed at the bottom at any time, or alternatively, a sealing strip can be attached, although the gap under the door is necessary anyway as an air transfer opening for all modern ventilation options.
In our case, the doors were installed last, but now all the baseboard tiles / skirting boards still need to be laid up to the frames. Not necessarily better in terms of the logical sequence either.
M4rvin schrieb:
It would have been similar with our general contractor (GC) as well. We simply removed the “door installation” trade and installed the doors ourselves after the tiling was done. (The GC still provided the doors)I think that is a pretty good compromise.
In our case, the GC installed the doors last. Before that, of course, the tiler was there.
However, in the upper floor, we installed carpet later. Since a standard thickness of 1cm (0.4 inches) is usually assumed for flooring, we were able to lay our carpet under the door frame. Door frames are glued in such a way that they can be trimmed at the bottom if necessary.
We removed the finished floors from the general contractor’s scope when signing the construction contract. He gave us the contact details of the door and staircase installer, and we then informed them of the required floor build-up height from the screed. It worked perfectly: the spacers fit well under the door frames.
We installed the solid wood planks just slightly tucked under the frame, and the tiler sealed the gap between the frame and the tiles with silicone.
Door frames can be shortened afterwards if needed, but they cannot be extended. A shadow gap saw is recommended. For trimming door leaves, using a saw table with a guide is best.
We installed the solid wood planks just slightly tucked under the frame, and the tiler sealed the gap between the frame and the tiles with silicone.
Door frames can be shortened afterwards if needed, but they cannot be extended. A shadow gap saw is recommended. For trimming door leaves, using a saw table with a guide is best.
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