Cutting Door Frames To Fit Hardwood Flooring

Laying ceramic tile may raise the level of your existing flooring which means your door jambs may be too low for the tile to fit under.

Cutting door frames to fit hardwood flooring. When cutting the door trim you can take a piece of scrap flooring hold it in from of the trim and let the saw blade sit on top of it while you cut. The picture below is terrible quality apologies. A jamb saw is a mechanical gizmo designed specifically for removing the bottom of door casings so flooring can slide under thus providing a nice clean appearance after the floor is installed. I don t think i can cut the door frames.

What should i do to get the best look. Trimming pieces of hardwood flooring to match door molding profiles is a painstaking procedure that can cause frustration punctuated by a few. I would like to put down a laminate floor. Jamb saw undercut doors casing trim.

How to trim door frames when intalling ceramic tile. Transfer this onto the door lining. Trimming a wood door with a circular saw without splintering the wood or damaging the finish is a challenge. The best way to cut off a door bottom.

This helps keep the cut at the perfect height. Mark a 10mm expansion gap back from this point. I live in an older apartment that has metal door frames. Look at the underside of the door bar you ll be able to tell where the floor needs to stop in order for the to fit over it.

And the door frame is very old and battered from years of traffic and several coats of. I have read that you should under cut door frames to get the best look. Works great with a tool like you used a handsaw and even a door casing flush cut saw. Danny lipford shows how to cut a door jamb to install flooring.

If you ve just installed carpeting your doors will probably rub and bind which means that you have to trim off the bottoms.