Protecting finished surfaces during construction is important. This applies to commercial contractors, residential builders, and DIYers remodeling their homes. Floor and wall protection options are everywhere, but what about door and door frame protection?
Protecting a Door from Damage
Replacing or repairing a door can hurt your wallet and your timeline. We’re here to share a few tips and tricks we’ve learned to help protect your doors during construction.
Remove the door.
It sounds obvious, but doors often suffer damage simply because they stand in the way. Carrying paint equipment, ladders, or bulky items through door openings can easily cause dents or scratches.
If possible, remove the door from its hinges. Cover it with plastic sheeting or a drop cloth. Store it safely until the project is complete.
Cover the door.
If you can’t remove the door, cover it with builder’s paper. This protects it from paint overspray and splatters. Need a more durable option? Go for thicker protection like Ram Board Home Edition.
The paper board surface protector conveniently comes in 36” – the average width of most doors. If you have a glass door, covering the window pane with a protective, self-adhering window film can protect it from overspray and scratches.
Protect the frame and threshold.
Whether you remove the door from the hinges or not, you must protect the door frame just as carefully. Swinging the ladder too wide results in a dent. Moving bulky items through the doorway scuffs the paint or scratches the finished wood. These damages rack up, and fixing them takes time and money.
Threshold Protection: Protect the threshold by covering it with a blue painter’s tape or UV-resistant tape. Fitted plastic threshold covers also protect metal door sills from scratches, spills, and more.
Door Frame Protection: You can use cardboard to cover the door jamb. But there is an easier way. It protects door frames without cutting cardboard or taping it in place.
Ram Board makes door frame protection simple. Our Ram Jamb door jamb protector is easy to use, easy to remove, and reusable. All you have to do is pop the door frame protector over the trim and slide it into place. When the project is complete, just take it off the frame and save it for your next project.
Why stop at door protection?
If you’re looking for tips and tricks for door frame protection, chances are you will need surface protection as well. Protect those surfaces with Ram Board.
Our line of heavy-duty floor protection is flat-out tough. It lays out fast and flat, and is liquid resistant and breathable. Check out our temporary stair protection and other surface protection products. Find the right product for you.