Install Exterior Door Or Floor First

Cover floor for protection where needed.

Install exterior door or floor first.

They are slightly taller than interior doors due to the thresholds. Buying a new prehung exterior door. Use a scrap piece of floor to set your door at the proper height. It s a therm tru door which is well insulated for weather protection and comes pre primed with pre cut holes for the door knobs.

By having all the doors and trim up first the painters can come in and spray everything out and get the first coat of color on the walls. And 6 9 16 in and they usually include two inch wide brick molding for exterior trim. These doors work great for newly constructed walls and for replacing doors in. This is for timing.

Flooring requires an expansion joint the size of the thickness of the flooring. Baseboard goes down then the 2nd coat of paint goes on. All i here is it s harder for a carpenter to install doors after floors are installed. The space under the jam will be hollow when all is said and done.

If you choose to install a front door made of steel you will need a helper. Common jamb widths for stock doors are 4 9 16 in. Most home centers stock prehung exterior doors in a limited number of styles. Next create a rough opening around your frame that s at least 1 inch wider and taller than the outside of the door system you re installing then insert the new door into the opening and place shims on the hinge side of the door making sure there s a gap of 1 8th inch between the edge of the door and the jamb.

Then the flooring installers come in and do their thing. Installing an exterior door that is insulated and made of steel can be heavy and cumbersome due to the weight of the materials. The installation procedure for this door is basically the same as most other pre hung doors. Measure both the door and rough opening to make sure the door is the right size.

When you will have a 3 4 hardwood floor inside or even durock and tile you usually want to shim the door up from the subfloor with 1 2 plywood otherwise the door will drag if a thick rug is placed on top of the finished floor in front of the door. So if your floor is 3 4 of an inch thick you need a 3 4 inch expansion. On a professional job all the doors are hung first then cased.