New Flooring Door Jamb And Trim Too Short

Door jamb molding i m pretty sure i am going to replace the molding anyways to a more modern style.

New flooring door jamb and trim too short.

While in the process of installing laminate flooring i undercut one of the door frames too high. Repair anything that s revealed at the top from lowering the head casing. Have the door closed while doing that reset the door with jamb tight to flooring reinstall casing and plinths. Gaps between door casing and laminate flooring are common and manufacturers have designed a wide variety of special pieces for this purpose.

Pull the casing and plinths both sides. You simply describe the gap take a picture of it or. 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. My question can the jamb somehow be repaired.

First of all the installation video for the laminate said to allow 1 4 for the laminate to breathe but the surprising part to me was that it said to allow 1 4 of gap in height between the laminate and the bottom of the door jamb trim. The door jamb and molding are now too short. Works great with a tool like you used a handsaw and even a door casing flush cut saw. Cut the the nails holding the door s jambs to framing using a sawzall with a fine tooth metal cutting blade.

I ve recently replaced carpet with hardwood floor. Either way i think if your floor contractor did not take care to make clean flush jamb cuts then the expense of fixing it will keep it from happenig to the next guy and will train another floor contractor to not.