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alec green

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Oct 21, 2012, 3:10:19 PM10/21/12
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Hi

I'm having a new carpet fitted in a bedroom, unfortunately I have 3
hinged wardrobe doors and 1 main door in the room and wondered what
clearance there should be between the bottom of the door and the
carpet. Is it basically the thickness of the underlay & carpet
together?

Thanks

Roger Mills

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Oct 21, 2012, 3:22:58 PM10/21/12
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Yes, plus about 3mm so that the undersides of the doors doesn't actually
rub on the carpet.

In your situation, I would take *all* the doors off while the carpet is
being fitted - and then decide how much to take off each one before
putting them back.
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Dave Liquorice

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Oct 21, 2012, 5:53:25 PM10/21/12
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On Sun, 21 Oct 2012 12:10:19 -0700 (PDT), alec green wrote:

> ... wondered what clearance there should be between the bottom of the
> door and the carpet.

Not very much, 3mm sounds rather too much for my likeing plenty of scope
for a howling gale through that sized gap.

>Is it basically the thickness of the underlay & carpet together?

That'll be about an inch with decent carpet and underlay. Do you really
want an inch between the bottom of the door and carpet?

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brass monkey

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Oct 21, 2012, 6:55:07 PM10/21/12
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Might save on a catflap/mouseflap.


Cash

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Oct 21, 2012, 6:57:19 PM10/21/12
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I usually cut the bottom of the door so that it just 'brushes' the top of
the carpet pile as it opens.

Note: The cutting of the door should be done after the carpet is laid and an
accurate working line is established. Don't try and guess the measurement
and cut the door beforehand - it WILL be wrong for a certainty.

Cash


harry

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Oct 22, 2012, 2:58:26 AM10/22/12
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Rising butt hinges are a good help.

Brian Gaff

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Oct 22, 2012, 4:02:49 AM10/22/12
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Yes as if they are using grip strips and depending on the type you don't
want to get any of the spikes grunging the door bottoms!
Brian

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Dave Liquorice

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Oct 22, 2012, 4:17:47 AM10/22/12
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On Mon, 22 Oct 2012 09:02:49 +0100, Brian Gaff wrote:

> Yes as if they are using grip strips and depending on the type you
> don't want to get any of the spikes grunging the door bottoms!

I'd expect some form of threshold strip across doorways rather than the
gripper. And even the top of the spikes on gripper is barely above the
thickness of the underlay.

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Roger Mills

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Oct 22, 2012, 6:03:51 AM10/22/12
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On 21/10/2012 22:53, Dave Liquorice wrote:
> On Sun, 21 Oct 2012 12:10:19 -0700 (PDT), alec green wrote:
>
>> ... wondered what clearance there should be between the bottom of the
>> door and the carpet.
>
> Not very much, 3mm sounds rather too much for my likeing plenty of scope
> for a howling gale through that sized gap.
>

Maybe a bit less on the room door - but no problem with
cupboards/wardrobes, and provides them with a bit of ventilation.


>> Is it basically the thickness of the underlay& carpet together?
>
> That'll be about an inch with decent carpet and underlay. Do you really
> want an inch between the bottom of the door and carpet?
>

Sounds like a bit of deliberate misinterpretation. Granted that's what
he wrote, but he clearly *meant* the clearance between the *floor* and
the door to allow for the carpet and underlay.

Roger Mills

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Oct 22, 2012, 6:06:02 AM10/22/12
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True - but the door still has to open over the carpet, and this may
require a bigger gap - particularly if the floor slopes up a bit from
the doorway.

Dave Liquorice

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Oct 22, 2012, 7:55:44 AM10/22/12
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On Mon, 22 Oct 2012 11:06:02 +0100, Roger Mills wrote:

> True - but the door still has to open over the carpet, and this may
> require a bigger gap - particularly if the floor slopes up a bit from
> the doorway.

In that case I'd definately fit rising butt hinges...

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Phil L

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Oct 22, 2012, 3:22:02 PM10/22/12
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The inch will be filled with underlay and carpet


Dave Liquorice

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Oct 22, 2012, 5:51:52 PM10/22/12
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On Mon, 22 Oct 2012 20:22:02 +0100, Phil L wrote:

>>> ... wondered what clearance there should be between the bottom of the
>>> door and the carpet.
>>
>> Not very much, 3mm sounds rather too much for my likeing plenty of
>> scope for a howling gale through that sized gap.
>>
>>> Is it basically the thickness of the underlay & carpet together?
>>
>> That'll be about an inch with decent carpet and underlay. Do you
>> really want an inch between the bottom of the door and carpet?
>
> The inch will be filled with underlay and carpet

Read what was written, not what you think was written. B-)

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