man door

[GJKen]

My shed concrete pad is 4' wider than my shed where I am to put a man door. Do you still put a sill door plate down? Right hand swing. Should I make it swing in or out? Any suggestions and or pics will be helpful.
Thanks
Ken

 

[didit]

If you have enough fall to prevent water infiltration and can seal it effectively with a sweep on the door bottom, you could do away with the sill but most times a sill makes things easier. My shed is lacking in wall space on the inside already so I have my door swing out. It just depends what will work best for your needs.

 

[Keister]

yes you should put down a sill plate. I did an open in on my previous garage and it was a pain to get in if something is behind the door.

 

[The Tool Tyrant]

As didit stated, if you have enough fall to keep water from entering, you can get away without, and it's easier to roll items in and out without a sill. Outswing doors seal against the weather better IMHO and allow more clear floor space inside.

 

[Bert_]

Hopefully you formed a lip in the slab where the wall is. If it's just flat across there you are going to be fighting water in the building forever.

 

[Jeff C]

If you’re going to be rolling items through it I would order a door with an ADA/public access/handicap sill. Items will roll through easy and you’ll still have a seal against weather and bugs.

 

[nadogail]

A threshold will fill your needs.

 

[readhead]

If you are in snow country you will want the door to open in.

 

[jrsavoie]

If you are in snow country you will want the door to open in.

Not always an issue. On one shed, with an outswing door, it has never been an issue in 25 years. On the shed with the inswing door, it would always have to be scooped out.

It still has to be scooped out to get in the inswing door. Just tobsee the doorknob sometimes.

 

[readhead]

I guess it depends on how much snow you get. Around here in the high country I could be working in the shop and decide to go to the house and open the door and find 1-2 feet of snow. If it was an out swing door it wouldn’t open. Just something to consider.

 

[dave_dj1]

What is your definition of a "sill plate"?
To me a "sill plate" is the pressure treated 2x joining the wall. A threshold is what comes on most exterior doors and is usually siliconed down.

 

[GJKen]

What is your definition of a "sill plate"?
To me a "sill plate" is the pressure treated 2x joining the wall. A threshold is what comes on most exterior doors and is usually siliconed down.

Then threshold. Sorry

 

[GJKen]

Thankyou all for your input. Water does seep under sill plate which I have to fix. I should had said threshold but it looks like everyone understood. Thanks for bringing that to my attention Dave_dj1