Install Bifold Doors Before Or After Carpet

If you re remodeling your closet and installing sliding doors you may be concerned when it comes to installing the bottom brackets on your carpeting.
Install bifold doors before or after carpet. Use a masonary or carbide tipped bit to drill thru the terrazzo floor drill slowly and keep the drill cool with small amount of water from a spray bottle. How do you guys handle the bottom bifold door bracket i m talking new construction in a room to be carpeted. I set the prehung unit and then remove the door until after carpet. Install before the carpet if after carpeting the doors hit the carpeting remove the hardware and shim under the hardware and replace.
We had recently installed new carpet it was a hollow core bi fold door that rolled along a top track. Remove door by lifting and tilting bottom out. After cutting the jambs to length i set the hinge jamb on a 3 8 inch thick shingle butt. Sliding doors can be confusing to install on carpet because instead of small corner brackets they typically are installed with track brackets that run the width of the closet opening.
So all i did was install bifolds and slabs. As you are preparing to add new carpet to your floors carefully examine your bifold doors for an idea of how high the carpet can be without interfering. Finish or paint the doors before starting. Take a jamb side door and mark its inner edge 11 inches from the bottom 7 inches from the top and centered between the two.
However it may be easier if you account for your bifold doors as you are installing new carpet rather than after the fact. Place the door on edge with the marks facing up. The standard procedure is to install carpet after the doors and trim are installed. Bifold doors are easy to adjust at home.
If you were installing vinyl or tile you would do the same but hold off on any quarter round trim until you re done. What i am looking to do is shim up the jamb to the desired height so that i will have 1 2 after carpet is installed and won t have to cut the doors. But that forever changed my thinking on doors before carpet. I also make sure that there will be plenty of space to keep the bottom of the door clear of the carpet.
All i would need was a bifold door repair kit and it d be easy. Label the doors to show the order they ll be installed and which sides face out. Most guys i know do it after and most guys have had cases of the carpet catching the screw when installing or cases of slight carpet buckle. Bifold doors are supported by pivot pins at the top and underside of the outermost doors.
Install it before carpet or after. Installing bifold doors over carpet. The important consideration particularly for pre hung doors is how high to install it above the subfloor. For that reason i cut both jambs to a length that keeps them roughly 3 8 inch off the subfloor.