Repair anything that s revealed at the top from lowering the head casing.
New flooring door jamb and trim too short.
Cut the the nails holding the door s jambs to framing using a sawzall with a fine tooth metal cutting blade.
My question can the jamb somehow be repaired.
If the painter can t then pehaps making them hire a good trim carpenter to replace your moulding and then a good painter to paint it.
Gaps between door casing and laminate flooring are common and manufacturers have designed a wide variety of special pieces for this purpose.
You simply describe the gap take a picture of it or.
While in the process of installing laminate flooring i undercut one of the door frames too high.
Pull the casing and plinths both sides.
Works great with a tool like you used a handsaw and even a door casing flush cut saw.
The door jamb and molding are now too short.
I ve recently replaced carpet with hardwood floor.
Door jamb molding i m pretty sure i am going to replace the molding anyways to a more modern style.
Prior the carpet was plusher and made the gap in this one door jamb less obvious.
First of all the installation video for the laminate said to allow 1 4 for the laminate to breathe but the surprising part to me was that it said to allow 1 4 of gap in height between the laminate and the bottom of the door jamb trim.
Have the door closed while doing that reset the door with jamb tight to flooring reinstall casing and plinths.