Hardwood Floor And Door Jambs

basswood

Beats jamb cutting and if you have to cut jambs... you will likely have to pull and cut down some doors too.

For the house in these pics the floor was a 5/8" engineered walnut floor. So I made up a bunch of shim block stacks (1/2" mdo blocks with an extra ply shim to total 5/8"). For door openings with a high side, I used the "Peel-a-shim" stack instead of the ply block and just dial the height back down to get level.

Anyway, I run by all the openings and set out the shim blocks for the jamb legs to rest on when installing the doors. Doesn't take very long.

Pay me now or pay me later

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WarnerConstInc.

More than likley on the door cutting, some people just dont think very far ahead now do they.

woodworkbykirk

with the issue of call backs, this is part of the thing, im usually the guy getting sent to deal with the callbacks and fix things, the problems are with things which weve done things his way... when ive done things my way its done with walk away from it. come back when they want additional work done. im now ignoring his way for this reason , whats that old saying "do it right the first time" or something, not do it wrong the first time so we can bill the homeowner for comnin back time after time

also wanted to just trim the windows then come back after all the flooring was down and the painters were done all the walls before the doors were hung and cased, closets built, and baseboard, all this was doing was holding up everyone else .

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basswood

Now what could possibly make you say something like that?

Morning Wood

Undercut for all the reasons already mentioned. I have used a biscuit jointer to undercut doors. Set the base on a shim so the top of the blade allows you to slide the flooring under the jamb. I always make it pretty snug.

neolitic

And a lot of HO's won't finalize
choices til 5 minutes after the
last minute.

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woodworkbykirk

ive used the bosch undercut saw in the past with a different contractor, he was awesome had like 3 of evertying on site for a house we completely remoddled. and there was only 2 of us

i just use a marples/Irwin japanese pull saw that has rip tooth configure on one side and a crosscut tooth on the other. it has a very thin kerf, good enough for me

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Deicide1

Look, I bid and do jobs that I feel I can do properly and will do properly. If a homeowner doesn't want to pay for a good job, then I am not willing to do it. I would never half-ass work because someone doesn't want to pay for good work.

woodworkbykirk

well off the job now as of 5pm today..... homeowner is out of money or something soo i pulled all my gear outta there a couple hours ago

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Casemill

Your contractor need to sign something stating the he is responsible for all damage caused by flooring expansion. I'm sure he will let you do the job right after you present him with that document. He sounds like a moron.

canadianwood

A few large builders around here also insist on doors & trim before flooring. In fact, the flooring is the very last thing that goes into the home before they hand over the keys.
I guess Jayman homes got sick of fixing & replacing damaged hardwood

JustaFramer

Sounds like they are to cheap to supply ram board.

Doors installed before hardwood shouldn't matter regardless. All on has to do is know how to set the head of the jamb to elevation. Sure there could be some small trimming with a jamb saw. I wouldn't trim jambs any other way. Quick easy and painless. Even cutting doors down is painless with a track saw. Dewalt makes one that is descent.

bconley

The prefinished flooring is so soft and scratches so easy that this the only way you can turn over an acceptable product.
And the painters don't need to mask flooring when shooting base.

cabinet runner

Yeah thats how its done in my area 99% of the time . I installed cabinets in 2 kitchens this week on new homes that didn't have the flooring in the kitchen . Both are getting prefinished hardwood . I held the base cabinets up 3/4 of an inch .

One had an island so I left that loose and will go back ater the flooring is down .

I havent seen flooring down before the trim and paint were done in a long , long time .