Where should tile finish in a doorway?

[John Benton]

I always take my tile approx. 5-6mm into the casing where the door closes. Hopefully the floor covering on the other side also goes into the casing by at least that much. That way when the new threshold bar is fitted it actually sits underneath the door, in its rightful position and covers both floor coverings.

One of my pet hates is seeing door bars standing proud into a room!!!

 

[Dave H]

Agree with most others, centre of door, if door is opening away from higher level, trim door on angle so gap on lower side is not so big

 

[widler]

Door's hinged on the laminate side so you won't see the different finishes when the door's closed.

Oh sod it, never mind
Bed time

 

[Dougs Third Go]

I always finish tiles just shy of centre of door rebate, like your tiler has done.

 

[Gazzer]

I finish as others have said and as in the photo.

 

[widler]

Ok now im not rough just let me get this straight.
You lot would finish a floor which is 2 heights like the one above .
Am i reading this wrong ? You would all finish the floor so he has to take half inch of the door so it closes, instead of finishing the tiles so the door fits flush against the tiles and not have a big gap at the bottom .
I must be reading it wrong, ive gotta be .
You all can't surely think that is right, cutting half inch off a door so it shuts ?

 

[Gazzer]

Most of the time I dont know what the height of the other floor is ! Obviously if its already there or someone actually knows then it may be different. I cant actually remember a job where 2 floors were that different that a threshold strip wouldnt cover.

 

[widler]

Most of the time I dont know what the height of the other floor is ! Obviously if its already there or someone actually knows then it may be different. I cant actually remember a job where 2 floors were that different that a threshold strip wouldnt cover.

This is what im saying neale,this chap started the thread asking if it was right to cut down a door when the 2 floors are at different heights. The door won't shut unless he does this, imo its wrong,but i am in the minority,i just can't get my head round it why its fine to cut so much off the bottom of the door

 

[Gazzer]

More a case of the tiler should have discussed this before doing it . To be honest though I didnt read the post, just saw the photo !

 

[AliGage]

Ok now im not rough just let me get this straight.
You lot would finish a floor which is 2 heights like the one above .
Am i reading this wrong ? You would all finish the floor so he has to take half inch of the door so it closes, instead of finishing the tiles so the door fits flush against the tiles and not have a big gap at the bottom .
I must be reading it wrong, ive gotta be .
You all can't surely think that is right, cutting half inch off a door so it shuts ?

No you're right. In this case I would of tiled to the end of the stop and finished the edge with some tile trim.
Don't think I've ever come across this scenario, generally floors I tile have the doors ooen into them. I,e bathrooms, kitchens.

But to answer the question generically I cut my tiles to the same position under the door as this guy has, it leaves enough room to fit a threshold bar directly under the door.

Unfortunately this tiler wasn't thorough enough to check the door closing prior to cutting and fixing.

 

[John Benton]

May have posted this pic before but this is how I try to finish doorways, so the doorbar is UNDER​ the door

 

[geronimo183]

Based on experience would it be easy to use an angle grinder with a diamond blade to cut or do I run the risk on damaging/chipping the tiles?

 

[IHB]

Unfortunately this tiler wasn't thorough enough to check the door closing prior to cutting and fixing.

Maybe as a Tiler he doesn't trim doors ....... or plinths.

 

[widler]

Here's one I'm doing at the mo,it's how I've always finished doorways,same as carpet fitters really.
This is just a example how far out floors can be, it's a 1800s house, and by the time I cement boarded it, I did one half again to lift the length then SLC it to get it somewhere near,it was still a good inch out length ways
IMO if I finished this floor like the floor at 1st it would of looked daft when the door was shut.

 

[widler]

Based on experience would it be easy to use an angle grinder with a diamond blade to cut or do I run the risk on damaging/chipping the tiles?

It would be ok with a good blade,a porcelain blade say,but you would struggle getting right in the edges ,if you take the guard off the grinder you may get close enough ,but I'm not advocating unsafe practice in any way.you must wear safety glasses safety gloves, a hard hat and a ribbed condom just to be safe