On Monday, November 18, 2019 at 8:47:26 PM UTC-5, Puckdropper wrote:
DerbyDad03 wrote:

On Monday, November 18, 2019 at 2:09:53 PM UTC-5, Puckdropper wrote:

Did you have to make any adjustments to the weatherstripping and
threshold?

No. In my case the floor was exactly where it needed to be; it was the
ceiling that was too low. :-)

I have low ceilings in my basement, so I took the top out of the frame,
cut down the sides and cut an inch or so off the top of the door. The
door opens in, so I wasn't worried about exposing the foam innards. I did
slather some polyurethane onto the exposed foam just to "seal" it, but who
knows if that was necessary. I put the top of the frame back on and shoved
it into the opening. 30 years later everything still seems to be fine.


I'll have to keep an eye out for that. I would think this door can be
trimmed 1/4 to 1/2" without any problems, but you never know if
someone's already done it.

The tile in the kitchen prevents the door from swinging
freely over the thinnest entry mat I can find, so I'll have to fix that
some time.

I had the opposite problem after they installed the very plush carpet last
week. My front door opens right into the living, i.e. no foyer. There's a
small entry area where there has never been hardwood or wall-to-wall carpet,
just some linoleum with a throw rug to wipe your feet on. I removed everything
that was there, down to the sub-floor, before the new carpet was installed.

I had them install the new carpet like the previous stuff was, on top of the
hardwood that butts up to the entry area. By the time they were done, the
thickness of the hardwood, pad and carpet left the carpet a little more than
an inch above the entry way sub-floor.

I then laid a piece of 1/2" plywood and a piece of luan in the entryway and
laid Mannington AduraMax vinyl plank, which is 5/16" thick. That brought it up
to just a tiny bit below the height of the carpet. No trip hazard in either
direction and it's level as far as vacuuming. I didn't even need a transition
strip. I ran the plank right into the closet. (The paint is drying on the new
closet door right now.)

https://i.imgur.com/V1XgOe9.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/bl8WWDp.jpg

The owner of the carpet store gave me the box of the AduraMax ($120) for free.
It was left over from another job and just taking up room on a shelf. One box
was just enough. I have one full plank left over. Tough install for a first
timer like me. More cut pieces than full planks. Learned a bunch...ready to
do the kitchen after Thanksgiving.

That looks amazing! It sounds like your carpet is such good quality it
won't start unraveling or tearing as it sees traffic. I'm putting a
transition strip on the tile to carpet transition just to keep it from
doing that. It's already showing signs.


It might depend on how the carpet was installed. All of my open edges (the
2 by the entry and the 4 doorways upstairs) were installed using the Turn
and Tack method as shown below. There are no exposed edges to unravel or
tear.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRyx420728s

Oh wait, there is metal between the kitchen and living room. That'll go
away when I plank the kitchen, but there probably be a transition strip
of some type. You don't typically leave an exposed edge at a kitchen
because you need to be able to mop.