I have a 3 door (36") opening on the side of a sun room where the jambs are rotting. I am confident I can redo the "composite" door unit and rebuild the transom frame, but I'm unsure what to do with the threshold. I really don't want to pay 10k for a prebuilt unit. The way I see it, I have 3 options:
1) Pay for a custom door to be built 10' wide with the transom
2) Recreate the door unit/rebuild transom and install on top of existing threshold
3) Same as 2, but replace threshold.
I'm inclined to go with #3 while I am ripping it all out, but getting a 10' threshold seems scarce. For the dummy doors on the side, I don't care too much what the threshold does as long as it runs away from the house. For the active door, I'd like to buy a prehung, but I assume I will need to remove the included threshold and adapt to a new one? If the new threshold has a continuous raised area for the sweep, will I need to notch this for the jamb or the other way around? I need to tear a bit more up on the existing door to see how it was done before. The 5/4 framing holding the unit together goes all the way down to the subfloor, so the aluminum must be notched somewhere, I just want to plan it out before instead of day of construction. Based on the second photo, is it possible the thresholds are individual and then there is an extension that locks them all together in the front? Door unit Continuous threshold View of damage and how it is constructed
Your current door has a continuous sill nose. It's a separate accessory that clips into a notch in the front of the aluminum door sills. (On doors that HAVE the notch for it) So you can set all 3 doors (and 3 transoms) separately and if you have them aligned perfectly, you would cut the sill nose to length and clip it in last. You have to do that before you install any of the exterior trim, since the exterior trim sits on top of it. And in order to remove the existing sill nose, you would need to remove the trim, cut any caulk in front, then pry the front edge of the sill nose upward until it unclips from the sill.
The fixed doors on either side of the operable door are just 36" prehung sidelights.
I have a major problem with my new place. The studio has too many dang windows. In particular a huge one (56x83"). Even with the vinyl blinds closed, when the sun rises it is light enough in here to type on the computer keyboard. I'm used to sleeping late and for that I need darkness. Second problem is this window (all seven actually) are like heaters...all facing either east or west. I definitely need blackout curtains on the huge on, and at least a few more, to keep the place dark enough to sleep, but what about the heat? If the white blinds do not keep out the heat, I suspect blackout curtains won't do much better. Do I need reflective window flim too?Read More
I have a rotted exterior door jamb that I want to replace. I did this once a while back and I'm trying to recall what I have to deal with.
I need to replace the hinge side jamb of a right hand door that opens to the house. I have a spare jamb, pictured, which I took off a new door a while back.
But I'm thinking that what I have in the pic is a lock side jamb...(because one end is slanted on the wrong end, vs what I need for the hinge side)
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[i]Straight End.[/i]
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[i]Slanted End.[/i]
Am I perceiving this right?
Can someone help me tease this apart? Or else can I get a generic exterior jamb from the lumber store, then tweak the ends as needed? Thanks!
ps I'm not interested in replacing the entire door.Read More