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That moment you realize everyone cuts door jambs wrong
I was on a job in Seattle last Tuesday and watched a guy spend 20 minutes fighting a door jamb cut that should have taken 5. He was trying to cut it after the carpet was already tucked in. Am I the only one who sees guys cutting jambs after the tack strip is down instead of before? It makes the whole job look sloppy when you see the blade marks. Has anyone else noticed this keeps happening at new construction sites?
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ben_shah932d ago
Nah, gotta disagree here. Cutting after the carpet is tucked in is the standard way most crews I've seen do it. Keeps you from guessing where the pile height will sit. I've seen more botched jambs from guys cutting too high before carpet and having a gap than from blade marks. Those marks get covered by the base shoe anyway if the floors are done right.
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nina8342d ago
You're dead right @ben_shah93. I've seen too many guys try to guess the pile height and end up with a nasty gap. That jamb cut needs to be tight or it looks like crap from day one. The blade marks argument is weak too, if you're halfway decent with a knife you can keep it clean. Plus like you said, base shoe or quarter round covers any little mistake anyway. People overthink this stuff way too much. Cutting after tuck is just the safe play.
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margaret_lane2d ago
Hang on, what do you mean by "cutting after tuck"? Like after you've already tucked the carpet into the tack strip and stretched it? Because that seems backwards to me. The whole reason I cut the jamb before any stretching is so the carpet can feed under the jamb and lay flat without me having to fight it later. If you cut after the tuck, how do you keep from nicking the tack strip or pulling the carpet loose from the jamb corner? I've tried it both ways and the pre-cut method just feels cleaner to me, even if you have to be careful with the pile height guess.
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