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We recently had carpet installed in our master bedroom.
We love it! My husband trimmed the door, it opens & closes well for me.
The door is touching or rubbing the carpet when opening & closing.
My question is; will this cause excessive wear because the door is touching the carpet as it opens and closes?
This also keeps out a draft, if cut more it may cause a draft.
It's totally normal. Carpet comes on rolls in widths from 11'6" to 13'. They need to cut off a chunk of that roll to fit the room.
It's the reason why if you're carpeting a 10x10' room, you can't buy 100sqft of carpet: they'll charge you for more like 120sqft (12' roll, 10' long).
It also depends on the layout of the room, and where they put seams (if necessary). Eg: an L-shaped room has a couple different ways to lay out the carpet, and depending the layout and where the seams are, you'll use a different amount.
A good installer will also consider traffic: if there are seams, you don't want them right in front of a door way, or preferably not running down the middle of a high traffic pathway. I think they also avoid putting seams within a foot or so of walls (so there isn't a narrow strip of carpet running along the wall). All of these things may end up using more carpet than a layout optimized just to minimize scrap, but will result in a much better looking and longer lasting install.
The other factor is in patterned carpets, they will use a bit more since the patterns need to line up. The bigger the pattern, the more is scrap needed to keep it in line.
The important bit is to keep the scrap carpet, unless you really don't need it, since you paid for it. Often there is a good size chunk, which can be used for many things:
Carpet is generally sold in 12' wide rolls.
Good carpet installers use a combination of seam tape and a good stiff comb to make seams vanish.
What they do is lay down the "tape" which is actually a 4" wide strip of cloth mesh coated in wax.
They then butt the seams of the carpet up together nice and tight, and run a hot iron under the carpet between the seams (see the label on the pic above) and while the wax is still melted, press the carpet into it. Then they just comb the carpet together to hide what seam may still show.
Sounds easy but having tried it once - NEVER AGAIN. I will hire a carpet installer any day of the week.
Best Answer
Depending on how much of the pile is being rubbed it could wear off some of the pile. It will also cause more wear if it's a berber type of carpet or some other type of looped pile where the door could wear off the top fibers.
What it will cause, especially on pile carpets is a 90 or 180 degree arc in the carpet where it rubs. However if it's not a deep rub it should look better after vacuuming or shampoing.
Bottom line is try to minimize the amount of contact between the door and carpet by trimming the door so it just contacts the top of the pile and you should be fine.