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Re: Concrete vs Wood Exposure


 

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I attach a drip to door to move water away.




martin/campshure/co/llc
mac campshure
7412 elmwood ave.
middleton, wi 53562-3106
608-332-2330?cell

Designing and building for 50 years


On May 5, 2021, at 5:15 PM, imranindiana via groups.io <imranindiana@...> wrote:

?So for this storage room door, I prefer the threshold is not too high. I can do what I did for my shop. The threshold is on the interior and the back side of the door touches it. Threshold acts like a stop and has weatherstrip in it. So the bottom of the door is exposed to concrete. I wanted low threshold for moving equipment in and out and this has worked fine for 16+ yrs.

The difference in this shed¡¯s case is that while water sheds away from my shop door, right now the rain water does flow over the concrete pad in front of the door. This can be remedied by better grading to some extent but is a result of maximizing the height of door opening to be able to accommodate a 12¡¯ high clearance. So for a worst case scenario assume that after rain the water may pool on the low side corner of the door opening.

So if I place the threshold behind the door, I expect that the concrete will be wet for some time after it rains, at least under the left corner. If I extend the wood threshold under the door, let¡¯s say 3/4¡± thick, it will push water away but will likely absorb moisture in the process. Do you guys think having wood threshold under the door will be worthwhile?

Imran





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