Gap Under Door Too Big

My contractor just hung our fancy dancy un painted solid wood door slabs in my 100 year old house with solid hardwood floors throughout.

Gap under door too big.

These doors come pre cut and pre hung and have only the smaller 1 inch gap under the door. As long as the gap is even on an interior door it shouldn t be why a door isn t closing properly. There are door sweeps that are made that are taller. When doing this we install pre hung doors purchased from our favorite big box home stores.

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. Door gaps especially on exterior doors can be serious energy wasters. Water leaking from the top of the door frame. Be careful not to overdo it and seal the door so that it can t settle with the rest of the house.

A sticky or stuck door that makes it difficult to close or open 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. Bugs crawling under the door. In the winter they let cooler air in and in the cooling season when your air conditioner is.

A drafty door with chilly drafts air blowing through your entryway. If you have a large gap at the bottom of your door that may be helping the door to stay plumb. How to fix a gap under a door. Water leaking around the door or water leaking under the door or door bottom.

Unfortunately the undertrained part time people at the big box stores don t know this. 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. Jimmy c is right you do need some gap under your door to allow for circulation of air. Higher quality pre hung doors are usually manufactured with 1 5 clearance under the door as described above assuming the flooring will be premium as well in the 3 4 range.

There is an approximately 1 5 gap at the bottom of the doors. A visible door gap between the door and door frame.