Another pocket door question

I have a double pocket door installation...3 ft. each door, that close to each other in the middle of the frame. Since I will be hanging these doors permanently prior to the carpet install I need to trim the bottom of them for clearance now.

What is a normal bottom gap?

The carpet will be a fairly low profile berber, and I was thinking about an inch clearance off the slab floor should suffice, but I want to be sure I'm not missing some other important aspect of this installation. I don't want to cut too much and have a large gap.

I just hate finding out after the fact and wishing I had checked before proceeding.

Thanks...Randy

 

If you look at a pre-hung door right out of the packaging, you'll see that the door is about an inch above the bottom of the jamb. That is pretty much a standard for air space/floor clearance. The point is, that an inch should suffice without looking like it is set "too high". Even if it's a low carpet, it still will be about a half inch above the subfloor with the padding and tack strip. I usually set pre hungs & pocket doors 1 3/8" above subfloor to bottom of actual door for that reason. Especially with pocket doors, once those walls are closed up with drywall and a jamb, it's all the tougher to try and adjust if it falls off the track.

 

I agree with you, once those walls are closed and trimmed there's no removing that door without some damage to the trim, and all my trim will be stained and finished, so touch-up is very limited. Better to be safe than sorry. I just have a hard time envisioning what it would look like under different circumstances, since I have never performed these tasks before.

Thanks for the tips Troy.

Randy