I’ve spent a bit of time searching the internet for a similar setup to what I am dealing with and I was hoping I could get some pictures of a similar set up from you guys.
I’m installing a new man door from outside to the garage. The new door was ordered and was to be a composite sill. Well it’s not it’s wood with the aluminum threshold. And the jambs are cladded vinyl. I’m not sure where the confusion happened but we will move on and try to deal with it.
my issue is the original door sill is inset in a channel/ recessed area in the 10inch stem wall. It looks like the door was installed. Then the floor was poured, then the exterior sill was poured with concrete ( clearly visible in the pictures).
just wondering what the door install should look like when a door is installed in a stem wall?
I thought about breaking out the concrete exterior slug or concrete ( site made sill),or grinding it down 2.5-3 inches and installing a limestone sill the depth of the stem wall. (10 inch) mortaring it into place then setting the new door on the limestone. I was going to install a sill pan but the water would never back up under the door onto the floor with the floor being higher then the bottom of the door sill.
the last 2 pictures show how I was going to have the limestone sill
I’m installing a new man door from outside to the garage. The new door was ordered and was to be a composite sill. Well it’s not it’s wood with the aluminum threshold. And the jambs are cladded vinyl. I’m not sure where the confusion happened but we will move on and try to deal with it.
my issue is the original door sill is inset in a channel/ recessed area in the 10inch stem wall. It looks like the door was installed. Then the floor was poured, then the exterior sill was poured with concrete ( clearly visible in the pictures).
just wondering what the door install should look like when a door is installed in a stem wall?
I thought about breaking out the concrete exterior slug or concrete ( site made sill),or grinding it down 2.5-3 inches and installing a limestone sill the depth of the stem wall. (10 inch) mortaring it into place then setting the new door on the limestone. I was going to install a sill pan but the water would never back up under the door onto the floor with the floor being higher then the bottom of the door sill.
the last 2 pictures show how I was going to have the limestone sill
