Installing doors before or after wallpapering

The quality of a major renovation of an apartment and the durability of the finishing coating are largely determined by the order of work performed (this thesis fully applies to new buildings, where apartments are rented without finishing). In this regard, builders adhere to the golden rule: first the ceiling is finished, then the walls, and only after that the floor is laid , although Russians are accustomed to doing everything the other way around: half-wall-ceiling, and then deal with difficulties head-on. This is clear. How to plan work if it relates to walls? For example, what comes first - wallpaper or doors?

Let us immediately note that neither among specialists nor among those who carried out repair work on their own, there is no consensus on this matter: some believe that wallpaper needs to be glued first and give reasons for their point of view, others - on the contrary, that doors first, and then wallpaper.

Let's try to critically evaluate all the pros and cons and figure out whether they glue wallpaper first or install interior doors.

Advantages and disadvantages of the “wallpaper first” option

Apartment owners who have installed wallpaper themselves know very well how difficult it is to get through an interior door. The complexity of the work is not inferior to pasting corners. Therefore, the absence of a door frame is a definite plus - there is no need to trim wet wallpaper directly on the wall.

The second, main advantage: the door frame and leaf will not swell as the wallpaper glue dries. Let us explain: according to wallpapering technology, there should be no drafts in the room. Therefore, experts recommend tightly closing windows and doors.

Drying lasts about three days. During this time, the humidity in the room rises several times, as a result of which the door frame swells and increases in size up to 5 cm. The consequences can be different:

• Drying slowly, the door will take its previous shape, i.e. everything will work out;
• the door frame will warp;
• The door leaf will be damaged and cracks will appear.

If the frame or panel is damaged, the door will have to be replaced, which is what proponents of the “first the wallpaper, then the door” cycle put at the forefront.

The attentive reader will immediately notice: everyone talks about the need to avoid drafts, but how to do this if the interior door is not installed? The answer is simple: tightly close the windows in the entire apartment while the wallpaper is drying.

The disadvantages include the following:

• installation of doors is accompanied by dust that settles on the wallpaper. There are two points here: it takes time and effort to vacuum the walls, however, dust cannot be removed from all types of wallpaper;
• during the installation of the door frame, there is a very high probability of damage to the wall (potholes appear) and the wallpaper itself, which will require re-gluing it in the area of ​​the door;
• in most cases, after installing the doors, an additional, unpasted area of ​​the wall appears near them - a large gap between the door frame and the wall is closed with a slope made of a cement-sand mixture. It needs to be glued, since the standard platband is not able to hide the emerging wall. The results of such work will be noticeable for a long time;
• When constructing slopes from a cement-sand mixture, it is very difficult (in practice, impossible) to protect the wallpaper from splashes of the solution. In addition, the wallpaper will have to be torn off the wall along the perimeter of the doorway so as not to damage or get wet.

From the above pros and cons, it is impossible to draw an unambiguous conclusion that first - wallpaper, and then doors, or vice versa. Therefore, let's consider the arguments of the opposite side.

Pros and cons of each option

Wall decoration can be done when the door is ready or not yet. However, drafts can negatively affect the finish. Today the gluing process is quick, but it takes time for the glue to dry. When there is a draft in the room, the finishing can simply peel off from the walls. If the entrance opening is not sealed, then it is better to keep the windows closed, and also cover them with something to block the penetration of sunlight during the repair.

When the door installation is done in advance, it is necessary to prevent the formation of excess moisture in the room. It must be remembered that the humidity level rises after wallpapering. Moisture will cause the entrance box to swell, and mold will appear on the walls, ceiling and floor. To avoid this, you should provide access to fresh air into the room by opening a window or vent. At the stage of internal repairs, these nuances must be taken into account.

Advantages and disadvantages of the door first option

Proponents of the option of first installing doors and then gluing wallpaper justify their position with the following argument: installing doors is a rough job, gluing wallpaper is a finishing touch. Naturally, they should go in the same sequence.

To support their point of view, they give the following arguments:

• nothing interferes with the installation of doors - there is no need to constantly monitor the process so as not to damage the wallpaper, which speeds up installation time;
• installed doors will help avoid drafts in a room with wallpaper;
• dust from installing doors will not settle on the wallpaper;
• an increase in the area of ​​the walls to be pasted near the doors will be easily hidden by wallpaper;
• Interior doors constantly go through swelling-drying cycles during operation due to changes in humidity in the apartment. Because of this, they had to be changed in isolated cases.

Disadvantages of this order:

• in the process of drying the wallpaper, the doors swell;
• When pasting walls, you will have to spend time carefully trimming the wallpaper near the trim, and then tuck the wallpaper behind the decorative strip.

An analysis of all the pros and cons in this dispute allowed the editors of the StroyGuru portal to develop their point of view regarding what is done first, doors or wallpaper. In our opinion, the doors are installed first, then the wallpaper is glued. The following arguments serve as justification:

• dust on the wallpaper after installing the doors really poses a problem for the owners. Therefore, it is preferable to glue wallpaper after installing the doors;
• changing the doorway during the installation of an interior door is also in favor of our conclusion - there is no need to additionally re-glue the wallpaper;
• during the installation of the door there is no risk of damage to the wallpaper or the wall underneath it, which will require re-gluing the wallpaper in this place;
• when installing slopes, the wallpaper will not be stained with plaster;
• swelling of the door while the wallpaper glue dries is not a serious argument. Firstly, during current (cosmetic) repairs, when wallpaper is replaced, no one dismantles the door frame. And no one talks about serious problems due to its swelling at this time. Secondly, if you can dry the walls without installing an interior door, just by closing the windows, why can’t you regularly open these doors to reduce the humidity in a room with newly hung wallpaper, or even leave them open for the entire drying time - the ventilation ducts will pull out moist air without creating drafts .

Features and advantages of the “interior doors first” method

Installing an interior door is a dirty job. Logically, it needs to be done first, and only then proceed to finishing the walls. That's why many masters choose this method.

There are compelling advantages in its favor:

• there is no risk of damaging or staining the wallpaper, so door installation is faster
• dust will not settle on the finish
• When there are doors in the room, it is easier to protect freshly pasted wallpaper from drafts.

This method also has its own characteristics:

• It will be inconvenient to glue wallpaper near door frames: you will have to trim the wet sheet and this will not be easy to do
• It is believed that moisture from the wallpaper may cause doors to swell.

For many, these are strong arguments in favor of the second method.

And if it’s not wallpaper, but painting the walls - is there a difference?

In the ongoing debate among experts and amateurs, what comes first: laying laminate flooring or installing doors; wallpapering or installing a door frame; laminate or wallpaper, etc. there is no question about when to paint the walls: before or after installing the doors. It turns out that no one questions the current practice: first you need to make the doors and only then paint the walls .

The explanation for this fact is simple. Firstly, the risk of swelling of the door frame and leaf after painting is reduced to zero. Secondly, painting will hide visible marks from the installation of doors. Thirdly, there are no difficulties when painting the wall near the platbands. In extreme cases, they can not be installed until painting or dismantled while the work is being carried out.

What comes first: doors or laminate?

What comes before wallpapering or installing doors?

For the actual installation of interior doors, there is no difference, BEFORE or AFTER, the main thing is not during gluing!

When wallpapering, high humidity is formed in the room and stays in the room for 2-3 days, the canvases and elements of the box, trim and extensions swell, i.e. increase slightly in size. If you install the doors at this moment, then after normal humidity returns, the most harmless thing you will see will be a huge gap between the frame and the canvas. Most likely the locks will not work correctly either.

Pros of installing interior doors BEFORE wallpapering:

— dust from the installation will not “sit” on the wallpaper (although if the master uses a professional vacuum cleaner, like me, then it won’t be there anyway)

Disadvantages of installing interior doors BEFORE wallpapering:

— when wallpapering, painters will spend 5 minutes more time cutting and tucking the edge of the wallpaper into the casing

Advantages of installing interior doors AFTER wallpapering:

— the door installation technician will hide all the mistakes of the painters and plasterers (unfortunately, this has to be done in 75% of cases)

Disadvantages of installing interior doors AFTER wallpapering:

- if the painters were not very competent and could not maintain the dimensions of the opening, and after gluing they cut the wallpaper along the opening, then the platbands may not cover the gaps that have arisen. (watch the video “Preparing the opening”)

Can doors be installed before laminate flooring?

- Yes, it is possible and the level of our skill allows us to do this.

IMPORTANT: you need to know the thickness of the subsequent floor covering (taking into account the substrate, heated floor, height differences)

When to install doors in the bathroom and toilet?

— if you are not planning on interior finishing of the door with platbands and trims, then the tiler needs a door frame to complete his work.

— if you are planning to decorate the door internally with platbands and fittings, then postpone installation until the bathroom/apartment is completely ready.

IMPORTANT: it is necessary to accurately prepare the opening for the subsequent installation of the door!

The most common mistake is that the doorway does not match the kit being installed, which is why you have to widen/narrow the opening, which leads to an increase in installation time, an increase in your financial costs and a lot of dust!

99% of errors and difficulties when installing doors after repairs arise due to incorrect (unskilled/negligent/crooked/intentional) preparation of doorways and incorrect calculation of the opening side of interior doors. Only a specialist can foresee all these nuances and suggest the right solutions even at the repair stage.

It is for these purposes that the door measuring service has been developed.

By calling a door measurer, you will save yourself 99% from unnecessary additional work, and therefore additional expenses.

Repairs are cheaper with us!

Based on materials from the site: https://www.successmsk.ru

Source: stroyvolga.ru

You have decided to renovate and update the doors in your home. And now you have a dilemma: at what stage is it better to install the doors. Let's look at common situations that arise when installing doors.

Let's consider a situation where you have already completed renovations and want to install a door. The most common problem in this case will be the discrepancy between the size of the doorway and the size of the kit that will be installed. As a rule, there is a need to either expand or narrow the doorway, which in turn will lead not only to additional financial costs, but also to a new repair .

However, if such a need nevertheless arises, then in order to minimize errors in preparing doorways and correctly calculate the side of the door opening, the doorway measurement service has been developed for this purpose. By calling a competent specialist for measurements, you save yourself 90 percent from unnecessary expenses.

But still, let's look at a few rules that the masters advise to follow. After reading these rules, you will finally decide for yourself what needs to be done and at what stage of the repair.

What to do first: finishing the floor or installing doors?

It is recommended to install the door frame when you have already finished the finished floor, that is, laminate or linoleum has been laid. If you neglect this rule, this may lead to the following difficulties:

1. If you first install the door frame, and then lay the finishing coating, you will have to trim the finishing floor finish to fit the geometry of the door frame. This is practically a jewelry task and not everyone can do it beautifully and smoothly, but in the case of interlocking laminate, it is simply impossible. Because it has a system of “hooks”, which in turn has a certain size by which the board will be shifted.

2. If the aesthetic side of the issue does not really concern you, then the circumstance that may arise cannot be ignored. It is very difficult to calculate the correct distance (clearance) between the door leaf (door) and the finished floor, which does not yet exist. By the way, the correct clearance should be within 10 mm in plumbing rooms, and 15 mm in interior openings

, no more.

What to do first, install doors or do plastering work and wallpaper?

It is recommended to install the door frame only after plastering work, since the process of leveling the walls is quite wet and mechanical. And if you can remove the door leaf, then the frame will probably be subject to both mechanical stress and moisture.

As for the question of when to glue wallpaper BEFORE or AFTER installing the door, it is quite controversial. The opinions of various experts differ, so it’s up to you to decide. We will give the pros and cons of installing doors BEFORE and AFTER installation.

pros

installing interior doors
BEFORE
wallpapering:

— dust from installation will not “sit” on the wallpaper

— the ability to align the opening (if the wall is not finished, then when installing the door before wallpapering, you can increase or decrease the opening)

Minuses

installing interior doors
BEFORE
wallpapering:

— when wallpapering, painters will spend 5 minutes more time cutting and tucking the edge of the wallpaper into the casing

pros

installing interior doors
AFTER
wallpapering:

— if the plasterers/painters cut the wallpaper unevenly near the edge of the opening or did not plaster the opening very well, then the platbands will help hide these flaws

Minuses

installing interior doors
AFTER
wallpapering:

- if the painters were not very competent and could not maintain the dimensions of the opening, and after gluing they cut the wallpaper along the opening, then the platbands may not cover the gaps that have arisen.

What comes first: ceiling repair or door installation?

It is recommended to carry out ceiling repairs almost as a last resort. The fact is that when replacing steel entrance doors in some apartments, it is necessary to make brickwork above the door. As a result, when dismantling the old door, it will be necessary to either dismantle the ceiling (if it is suspended or suspended), or re-glue the wallpaper or tiles. The same applies to interior doors. In some cases, it is necessary to add gypsum plasterboard from above, and it is simply unrealistic to do this addition without damaging the ceiling. Therefore, in order to save effort and money, it is recommended to carry out ceiling repairs as a last resort.

What comes first: bathroom renovation or door installation?

If you decide to tile your bathroom, it is recommended to install the door frame before installation!

The master assembles the door frame, cuts in the fittings and installs the structure into the opening. As we know, doors must be installed level, but there are situations when the wall is not perfectly flat and you have to adjust the frame, and sometimes even move it, which, you see, will be very difficult with the tiles laid. And besides, fitting tiles to a door frame is easier than fitting doors. And besides, if there is a need to trim already laid tiles, it will be more expensive and not always smooth and beautiful, and besides, few people undertake such work.

So we have looked at the main repair work and installation of doors at certain points, and you can now evaluate when it will be more comfortable for you to install doors.

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This is exactly how it should be, moreover, the doors are installed after the furniture has been brought in and the plumbing has been installed.

Congratulations to you! If the masters tell you this, then most likely you don’t have a single level wall. If you discussed leveling the walls to the level you discussed, then you can safely make a claim. If it’s too late to make a claim and you don’t want to redo anything, then there are two options: Install doors with extensions, before wallpapering the walls. But be sure to check after installation, the quality of installation, all doors in any open position must remain motionless. Self-closing or self-opening will indicate that the installation is not vertical. You should also make sure that the plane of the wall does not protrude beyond the edge of the frame or trim; because of this, the trim will not fit exactly together in the future. Install the doors after pasting, using girth - telescopic frames - trims and (L-shaped) trims for installation. Such as “Sofya”, “Cabinetmaker”, “Alexandrian”. It should be noted that the widest L-shaped platband, of these, allows you to cover vertical discrepancies of 15-20 mm, by 2 meters, while on all others 5-10 mm. In any case, to install doors, you should find a Master who specializes in doors, and not trust the installation to such builders.

This indicates that your door blocks are simply standing on foam and do not have a rigid fastening in the opening, in addition, the dimensions of the rebate may not be maintained, especially important, this is on the lock side, the gap should be 4 mm.

If next time the installation is carried out according to the same criteria, then seasonal changes cannot be avoided.

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Wall decoration

So, you already know what comes first: doors or wallpaper. Once you've finished the ceiling and laid the flooring, you can start working on the walls. This should be taken very seriously, because the comfort and coziness of the room largely depend on them. It is the walls that are responsible for heat retention and sound insulation. Today there are the following finishing options:

• ordinary paper wallpaper;
• photo wallpaper;
• fabric coverings;
• acrylic;
• metallic wallpaper;
• cork wallpaper;
• glass wallpaper.

Which option to choose is up to you. Each of them has certain advantages and disadvantages, as well as different costs. You must be guided by your own goals and financial capabilities.

Wall painting option

What is the best thing to do if the walls are painted rather than papered? Here, too, it is better to first install the door frame, without the door leaf and trim. Then proceed to decorative finishing. Just first seal the cracks and arrange the platbands. In addition, the surface of the door frame should be covered with protective masking tape.

After the paint has dried, hang the canvas and install the trim. This technology reduces the risk of possible wood swelling, and damage to the door block is reduced to zero. In addition, the process of painting the wall near the platbands is greatly simplified.

Ceiling finishing

You have already become familiar with the fact that doors or wallpaper come first. But this knowledge is not enough to carry out quality repairs. You will also need to select materials. As for the ceiling, suspended structures are the most popular. Among their main advantages are:

• a light weight;
• ease of installation;
• long service life;
• environmental friendliness;
• ease of care.

But the main advantage is the speed of installation. The main rule when working with such ceilings is fastening after wallpapering.

General information about repairs

What comes first - doors or wallpaper? It is very difficult to answer this question unambiguously, since everything here depends on several nuances. To do everything efficiently, you must adhere to the following rules:

1. Wall repair. Before wallpapering, the work surface must be plastered. This work should begin before installing the flooring and installing the cornices.
2. Door installation. Everything is ambiguous here. Installation can be done both before and after finishing the walls. But what's the right way? Professionals recommend: first wallpaper, then doors. This will minimize the likelihood of damage, as well as hide some visual defects and irregularities.
3. Wiring. Recently, more and more often, cables are laid in a hidden way, which involves gating walls. Therefore, this work should be done at the very beginning of the repair.
4. Ceiling finishing. It is best to do this immediately after installing the electrical wiring. If you stick wallpaper on first, you can damage it later, resulting in everything having to be redone.

To avoid the question of what comes first - interior doors or wallpaper, during the renovation process simply follow the above recommendations. Thanks to them, no problems should arise.

And yet, what are interior doors?

Don't be confused by the lyrical mood, just think about it. We live nearby, but have our own space. It is not a sealed intergalactic capsule, but it strives to be individual. Children dream of a nursery, adults dream of an office, a bedroom, a relaxation room. But the main thing in all this is not the isolating moments, but how human they are. Don’t be alarmed, give one second to clarify the formula: the humanity of interior doors is just quality, an appearance that matches the overall situation, and... easy opening. So that every loved one can always knock on your door and keep you in the most sincere company.

And, if you remove the lyrical components from all the interplanetary words, you literally get the following:

• Interior doors are an almost integral part of a multi-room apartment.

• Interior doors must be of high quality and resistant to external conditions.

• Interior doors simply must be beautiful, and also, if necessary, reflect the mood of those who live behind them.

Attention: handles of any type of interior doors sometimes fail; we discussed how you can fix them yourself in the article - repairing door handles of interior doors; I advise you to read it at your leisure.

One way or another, the topic of interior doors, like any topic of changes in the apartment, is very relevant. But the best thing about her is that she is also creative. Perhaps most of all other interior moments. Get to work and banish doubts. Good luck!

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