Under all the door casings there is a gap between the casing and the hardwood floor.
Gap between door jamb and floor.
You simply describe the gap take a picture of it or.
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.
Gap between door jamb and floor.
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.
It is about a little less than a 1 4 of an inch.
Be careful not to overdo it and seal the door so that it can t settle with the rest of the house.
Set the door frame in the opening with the jamb resting on the finished floor photo 2 or on a spacer.
As long as the gap is even on an interior door it shouldn t be why a door isn t closing properly.
Nov 11 2013 need options to fix gap left from laminate molding messup flooring.
That is a lot of room for unlevel you have there.
Jambs have rounded corners.
The kitchen and hall had laminate and an underlayment.
I have never seen a door set with that big of a gap unless it was to get past floors that were not level.
Remove the hinge leaves from the jamb.
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.
I had lvp installed throughout my home.
To fix the issue the doors need to be removed bottom of the jambs cut and reset the door.
Gaps between door casing and laminate flooring are common and manufacturers have designed a wide variety of special pieces for this purpose.
The contractors tried to seal it using caulk but it doesn t look so great in my opinion.
Adjust the gap along the top slide shims between the floor and the latch side jamb until the head jamb is level.
To make matters worse the.
If you have a large gap at the bottom of your door that may be helping the door to stay plumb.
The standard i use is 1 2 over finish floors 3 4 is acceptable.