Arron
10th December 2021, 08:10 AM
Hi. I’m trying to think of the best way to build a small doorstep below the glass sliders which lead onto our balcony.
Due to a number of changes made while building, our balcony is quite a bit lower then our floor level and hence door frame. I now want to tidy up this unsightly gap.I envisage a small doorstep about 100mm deep by 40mm high.
This is what it looks like
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House is timber framed. Balcony is timber framed with structural steel girders and lvls on 650 centres. Scyon sheet flooring on balcony. The balcony will eventually be tiled.
The downstairs balcony was the same so I built a small concrete doorstep.
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Here I poured the doorstep in place using high strength concrete over reo rods held in place by fixed dowels. It is holding up well but this is on a concrete slab so I was much less concerned with waterproofing. I could do the same upstairs but that would mean driving the dowels (which stabilise the reo) through the waterproofing. That doesn’t sound like best practise. Although the balcony is covered, and the doors set back, water will find its way there I’m sure.
So how do I do this?
The doorstep doesn’t have to be concrete. I’ll consider any alternative material. Any ideas anyone ?
Cheers
Arron
Due to a number of changes made while building, our balcony is quite a bit lower then our floor level and hence door frame. I now want to tidy up this unsightly gap.I envisage a small doorstep about 100mm deep by 40mm high.
This is what it looks like
504926
House is timber framed. Balcony is timber framed with structural steel girders and lvls on 650 centres. Scyon sheet flooring on balcony. The balcony will eventually be tiled.
The downstairs balcony was the same so I built a small concrete doorstep.
504927
Here I poured the doorstep in place using high strength concrete over reo rods held in place by fixed dowels. It is holding up well but this is on a concrete slab so I was much less concerned with waterproofing. I could do the same upstairs but that would mean driving the dowels (which stabilise the reo) through the waterproofing. That doesn’t sound like best practise. Although the balcony is covered, and the doors set back, water will find its way there I’m sure.
So how do I do this?
The doorstep doesn’t have to be concrete. I’ll consider any alternative material. Any ideas anyone ?
Cheers
Arron