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door frame first or flooring? HockeyFan 01-24-2007
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Posted by HockeyFan on January 24, 2007, 4:44 pm
I'm building (and contracting some of the work) my own house. This is
my second house and learned a bunch from the first. One thing that I'd
really like to know is that after putting up drywall, ceiling, etc,
what order do I do the door frame and flooring? Do I go ahead and put
in the door frame, so that it's sitting on top of the concrete, and
then tile goes in next (that's the way I did it the first time), or do
we go ahead and get the tile down and put the door frame in afterwards
so that the tiler doesn't have to try to tuck tile under the door
frame?

Anyway, how is this typically done?
If the door frame is done first, then does the tile installer just cut
tile so that it fits snuggly against the bottom of the door frame, or
for a more seemless look, does he rough cut and install it so that it's
just beneath the door frame and is there just a bit of a gap between
the concrete floor and the door frame?

I hope I've posed this question well enough to get an answer from
people in the know.


Posted by on January 24, 2007, 10:35 pm


> I'm building (and contracting some of the work) my own house. This is
> my second house and learned a bunch from the first. One thing that I'd
> really like to know is that after putting up drywall, ceiling, etc,
> what order do I do the door frame and flooring? Do I go ahead and put
> in the door frame, so that it's sitting on top of the concrete, and
> then tile goes in next (that's the way I did it the first time), or do
> we go ahead and get the tile down and put the door frame in afterwards
> so that the tiler doesn't have to try to tuck tile under the door
> frame?
>
> Anyway, how is this typically done?
> If the door frame is done first, then does the tile installer just cut
> tile so that it fits snuggly against the bottom of the door frame, or
> for a more seemless look, does he rough cut and install it so that it's
> just beneath the door frame and is there just a bit of a gap between
> the concrete floor and the door frame?
>
> I hope I've posed this question well enough to get an answer from
> people in the know.

Most builders leave the floors for last. You should hang all doors and
trim after dry wall. Then you should paint all trim and doors first
then ceiling and walls. The floors go in last. You can rent a saw that
is special made for cutting door casings to allow tyle to go under..
After floors are in, fenish with quarter-round shoe molding.
Good Luck,
Luke


Posted by on January 24, 2007, 10:43 pm


> I'm building (and contracting some of the work) my own house. This is
> my second house and learned a bunch from the first. One thing that I'd
> really like to know is that after putting up drywall, ceiling, etc,
> what order do I do the door frame and flooring? Do I go ahead and put
> in the door frame, so that it's sitting on top of the concrete, and
> then tile goes in next (that's the way I did it the first time), or do
> we go ahead and get the tile down and put the door frame in afterwards
> so that the tiler doesn't have to try to tuck tile under the door
> frame?
>
> Anyway, how is this typically done?
> If the door frame is done first, then does the tile installer just cut
> tile so that it fits snuggly against the bottom of the door frame, or
> for a more seemless look, does he rough cut and install it so that it's
> just beneath the door frame and is there just a bit of a gap between
> the concrete floor and the door frame?
>
> I hope I've posed this question well enough to get an answer from
> people in the know.

Most builders leave the floors for last. You should hang all doors and
trim after dry wall. Then you should paint all trim and doors first
then ceiling and walls. The floors go in last. You can rent a saw that
is special made for cutting door casings to allow tyle to go under..
After floors are in, fenish with quarter-round shoe molding.
Good Luck,
Luke


Posted by HerHusband on January 25, 2007, 10:58 am
>> I'm building (and contracting some of the work) my own house. This is
>> my second house and learned a bunch from the first. One thing that I'd
>> really like to know is that after putting up drywall, ceiling, etc,
>> what order do I do the door frame and flooring?

> Most builders leave the floors for last.

I think builders opt for floors last to minimize damage from the various
trades moving through the house.

We built our own house a couple of years ago, and we installed our hardwood
and tile floors before installing the door frames and cabinets. Much easier
to install the flooring, no trimming of the doors needed, no fitting around
cabinets, etc. Other than some trim work, the rest of the house was
finished, so there was very little traffic on the new floors.

I think either order would work fine, but I thought installing the door
frames last was much easier.

However, carpet was the very last thing we installed before moving in.

Anthony

Posted by CWatters on January 26, 2007, 4:37 pm

> I'm building (and contracting some of the work) my own house. This is
> my second house and learned a bunch from the first. One thing that I'd
> really like to know is that after putting up drywall, ceiling, etc,
> what order do I do the door frame and flooring? Do I go ahead and put
> in the door frame, so that it's sitting on top of the concrete, and
> then tile goes in next (that's the way I did it the first time), or do
> we go ahead and get the tile down and put the door frame in afterwards
> so that the tiler doesn't have to try to tuck tile under the door
> frame?

In my house it went...

Concrete
Door fames
Tile
Architrave
Skirting

Its not practical to put the skirting on before tiling so you will have
someone working in the room after tiling anyway.



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