They won t want to give you a quote over the phone since they won t know how hard it will be to remove the doors and what tools they will need to shorten your doors.
New carpet now door won t close.
If you have any questions ask away.
Close the door completely.
A door that rubs on the floor or carpet is not only annoying but it can scratch your floors.
The best ways to shorten a door after laying carpet.
When doors are installed to fit hardwood tile linoleum or any other flat floor covering clearance height from the bottom may be 1 2 inch or.
Fixing a closet door that won t close in a minute.
Gently tap the end of the pry bar with a hammer to raise the hinge pin.
You should be able to see how high the carpet is on the door.
Also check there s no carpet getting ruffled up and stuck between the door and the frame when it s closing.
Get a helper to assist with removing the door.
Mark that plus a few mm for clearance.
The carpenter will have a minimum of two trips to your house plus about 1 2.
Hollow core doors can become permanently warped or twisted over time as a house sinks and compresses them making their defects nearly impossible to correct.
Time to fix this problem.
The door just has to clear the carpet for smooth operation.
You can do this super simple.
Position a scraper or flat pry bar just under the hinge pin head.
An issue with this now is that some of the doors don t close without rubbing scraping the carpet.