Gap Between Door Jamb And Floor

The kitchen and hall had laminate and an underlayment.

Gap between door jamb and floor.

Under all the door casings there is a gap between the casing and the hardwood floor. Typically the gap left around the door is from 1 16 inch to 1 8 inch to allow for the doors to close without binding on the jambs and the door stop. If you have a large gap at the bottom of your door that may be helping the door to stay plumb. Gaps between door casing and laminate flooring are common and manufacturers have designed a wide variety of special pieces for this purpose.

I have never seen a door set with that big of a gap unless it was to get past floors that were not level. I suspect the solution is not to keep adjusting or replacing the doors although squeaking hinges are a sign is misaligned hinges which is a sign that either the install was not true and square. The contractors tried to seal it using caulk but it doesn t look so great in my opinion. That is a lot of room for unlevel you have there.

As long as the gap is even on an interior door it shouldn t be why a door isn t closing properly. Same with hardwood floors or carpeting you will have a 3 4 gap and door don t need to be undercut. With this clearance in mind if you install a door lets say over concrete floor and sills are limited to 1 2 in height to comply with ada when you add 1 2 sill you still have 7 8 1 gap for air circulation. Once that was removed and the lvp installed there is about a half inch to 3 4 inch gap between the exterior door jamb and the floor.

Set the door frame in the opening with the jamb resting on the finished floor photo 2 or on a spacer. To make matters worse the. Adjust the gap along the top slide shims between the floor and the latch side jamb until the head jamb is level. It is about a little less than a 1 4 of an inch.

The standard i use is 1 2 over finish floors 3 4 is acceptable. You simply describe the gap take a picture of it or. Screws through the jamb where they ll be hidden by the screws. To fix the issue the doors need to be removed bottom of the jambs cut and reset the door.

Jambs have rounded corners. I had lvp installed throughout my home. Nov 11 2013 need options to fix gap left from laminate molding messup flooring.