floor or door first?

johneym

Folks,.

among other things Im replacing floors an doors an frames in a 30 year old house. 12 mm laminate over 6mm fiberboard. I was about to put in the door frames first but a pro told me that the floor goes in first?

In the rooms,should the laminate run parallel with the corridor or at a right angle to it? And in the hall? Directly running in a straight line from the front door? this would mean it will be 90 degrees to the corridor though.

Advice appreciated,

John

michael999999

Its usually door frame fitted first, then lay your floor, hang your door and lastly your arcatrave and then skirting.

Roryhy

Yeah normally the door frame and door are fitted first but its preferable to fit the floor first. The reason for this is to avoid having to make an awkward cut on the door frame to allow the floor slide under it for a neat finish. Also the door may need to be cut down to suit the floor, its better to get all this right first time round.

On the direction of the boards, its usually run lengthwise in the direction of the widest dimension, so if you have a hallway and room being laid in one piece, you run the boards straight down the hallway first.

If there is a negligible difference in the dimensions, you then lay the boards in the same direction as the natural light source shines.