TXNinAZ
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Hi all. Can’t find a suitable answer on the webs so hopefully some helpful insight from you all will solve this.
New shop has 2x6” walls with 1-3/8” EIFS (foam and stucco). This requires installation of a stop around door openings for the foam to **** against and for nailing on the trim board (I ripped a 2x8” for this, as shown peaking out in front of the door jamb in the first photo). I ordered doors and provided this info to the supplier- they gave me doors with a 6-1/2” true jamb width.
The problem I have is that if I install the door so the sill is flush with the edge of the slab, it leaves a healthy step back from the stucco stop. If I move the door out so the jamb is even with the stop, then the sill is hanging in the air.
I figure I have two/three options- install the door so the sill is flush and make an extension for the jamb, install the jamb flush with the stop board and build an extension for the sill, or third- inset the door so it sticks inside past the studs 5/8” so when drywall is installed, the trim will neatly fit across the jamb (this would require a longer jamb extension outside than option one).
I stopped by a new build nearby (third pic) to see how they did it, and it seems like they had a slight overhang and used this j threshold that I think looks sloppy.
Opinions?
New shop has 2x6” walls with 1-3/8” EIFS (foam and stucco). This requires installation of a stop around door openings for the foam to **** against and for nailing on the trim board (I ripped a 2x8” for this, as shown peaking out in front of the door jamb in the first photo). I ordered doors and provided this info to the supplier- they gave me doors with a 6-1/2” true jamb width.
The problem I have is that if I install the door so the sill is flush with the edge of the slab, it leaves a healthy step back from the stucco stop. If I move the door out so the jamb is even with the stop, then the sill is hanging in the air.
I figure I have two/three options- install the door so the sill is flush and make an extension for the jamb, install the jamb flush with the stop board and build an extension for the sill, or third- inset the door so it sticks inside past the studs 5/8” so when drywall is installed, the trim will neatly fit across the jamb (this would require a longer jamb extension outside than option one).
I stopped by a new build nearby (third pic) to see how they did it, and it seems like they had a slight overhang and used this j threshold that I think looks sloppy.
Opinions?
