Question About How To Transition From A DRIcore Subfloor To A Concrete Floor
#1
02-15-12, 10:46 AM
Question About How To Transition From A DRIcore Subfloor To A Concrete Floor
Hopefully this is the right forum to ask my questions about the half bath I'm adding in my basement.
I have just finished framing the walls including the "king studs" for the doorway.
I plan to install a DRIcore subfloor with vinyl sheet flooring over it.
The issues I'm trying to figure out are the following:
1. Should the DRIcore subfloor stop at the inside edge or extend to the outside edge of the door jams?
2. If to the outside edge of the door jams, should the bottom of the door jams sit on the DRIcore subfloor?
3. How should I transition from the concrete basement floor just outside of the bathroom door to the finished height of the DRIcore and vinyl floor covering which will be approximately 1" thick?
I would appreciate any suggestions.
Thank you
I have just finished framing the walls including the "king studs" for the doorway.
I plan to install a DRIcore subfloor with vinyl sheet flooring over it.
The issues I'm trying to figure out are the following:
1. Should the DRIcore subfloor stop at the inside edge or extend to the outside edge of the door jams?
2. If to the outside edge of the door jams, should the bottom of the door jams sit on the DRIcore subfloor?
3. How should I transition from the concrete basement floor just outside of the bathroom door to the finished height of the DRIcore and vinyl floor covering which will be approximately 1" thick?
I would appreciate any suggestions.
Thank you
#2
02-15-12, 03:16 PM
Group Moderator
Not a floor guy here, but here's my opinion.
Floor coverings always should end in the middle of the jamb, directly under the door (as observed when the door is closed). So I would say that your DRIcore should end at that point, your vinyl should end at that point, and there will be a sloped threshold (likely made of oak) that tapers from your 1" finished floor height down to half that... 1/2". It will basically look like a standard oak threshold on one side, but it will have a lip that covers your vinyl edge on the other. -OR- your vinyl can be terminated as usual, and this threshold can butt up against your terminator or t-moulding, depending on how you finish the vinyl.
So I'd notch the jambs out so that most sits directly on the cement finished floor, and if you make a 3/4 x 1" notch on the interior side of the jamb, that corner will sit on the DRIcore. Assuming you will have an inswinging door into the bathroom, 1/2" drywall, and that your door is 1 3/8" thick, your DRIcore would extend no more than 1/4" past the sill plate framing into the rough opening. You could probably make it flush with the sill plate and still be okay.
Floor coverings always should end in the middle of the jamb, directly under the door (as observed when the door is closed). So I would say that your DRIcore should end at that point, your vinyl should end at that point, and there will be a sloped threshold (likely made of oak) that tapers from your 1" finished floor height down to half that... 1/2". It will basically look like a standard oak threshold on one side, but it will have a lip that covers your vinyl edge on the other. -OR- your vinyl can be terminated as usual, and this threshold can butt up against your terminator or t-moulding, depending on how you finish the vinyl.
So I'd notch the jambs out so that most sits directly on the cement finished floor, and if you make a 3/4 x 1" notch on the interior side of the jamb, that corner will sit on the DRIcore. Assuming you will have an inswinging door into the bathroom, 1/2" drywall, and that your door is 1 3/8" thick, your DRIcore would extend no more than 1/4" past the sill plate framing into the rough opening. You could probably make it flush with the sill plate and still be okay.
#3
02-17-12, 05:11 AM
XSleeper said:
I'm not sure what the above means? Could you be a little more specific
Thanks
Assuming you will have an inswinging door into the bathroom, 1/2" drywall, and that your door is 1 3/8" thick, your DRIcore would extend no more than 1/4" past the sill plate framing into the rough opening. You could probably make it flush with the sill plate and still be okay.
Thanks
#4
02-17-12, 06:44 AM
Group Moderator
1. Should the DRIcore subfloor stop at the inside edge or extend to the outside edge of the door jams?
