Gap Under Door Too Big

As long as the gap is even on an interior door it shouldn t be why a door isn t closing properly.

Gap under door too big.

A visible door gap between the door and door frame. Be careful not to overdo it and seal the door so that it can t settle with the rest of the house. Bugs crawling under the door. Cheaper pre hung doors give about 1 1 25 clearance and this is because the rise of thinner floor systems for the mass consumer market.

Jimmy c is right you do need some gap under your door to allow for circulation of air. I think it is too big and think a 1 4 1 2 gap would accommodate any unevenness in our floors and allow us to use area rugs. These work and look great in the homes we renovate and still provide the needed space underneath the door for the air returns. These doors come pre cut and pre hung and have only the smaller 1 inch gap under the door.

Normally though that gap isn t any more than an inch and usually only 1 2. My contractor just hung our fancy dancy un painted solid wood door slabs in my 100 year old house with solid hardwood floors throughout. A sticky or stuck door that makes it difficult to close or open the door. When doing this we install pre hung doors purchased from our favorite big box home stores.

A drafty door with chilly drafts air blowing through your entryway. There are door sweeps that are made that are taller. Water leaking around the door or water leaking under the door or door bottom. In the winter they let cooler air in and in the cooling season when your air conditioner is.

Door gaps especially on exterior doors can be serious energy wasters. There is an approximately 1 5 gap at the bottom of the doors. Unfortunately the undertrained part time people at the big box stores don t know this. How to fix a gap under a door.

Water leaking from the top of the door frame. If you have gaps around an outside door you could be losing up to 15 percent of the money you spend heating your home by allowing heated air to blow outside.