Install Door Casing Before Carpet

What i am looking to do is shim up the jamb to the desired height so that i will have 1 2 after carpet is installed and won t have to cut the doors.

Install door casing before carpet.

Installing trim before the carpet is a good idea for a couple of important reasons. Part of the series. I set the prehung unit and then remove the door until after carpet. When installing baseboard before carpet the easiest thing to do is to install it even with the bottom edge of the drywall as previously described.

If you re in one of these situations follow these instructions to install the trim after the carpet. A really thick shag carpet can make it difficult to judge how high to place the trim. In some cases this will not be possible since. Install the carpet install the carpet all the way against the wall.

Or you may be replacing the baseboards but leaving the carpet. Install trim before the. Door window maintenance. Are you talking about hanging the doors on the jamb or actually setting the entire prehung and then running casing and base.

At this point the only other difference with installing a pre hung door for a room that will be carpeted is that i keep the shims and the nails close to the floor on both sides.