Sill under door frame on small shed

[berg35]

I am in the process of drawing together a small cottage that I will build over the summer. Do you need a sill under the door frame or can you "place the frame directly on the beam so that you get a lower threshold or will the wall become too "rickety" then?

 

[andersmc]

You have no sill under the threshold. Secure the sill firmly on both sides of the door, that's all.

 

[KnockOnWood]

It is possible to do it both ways, but usually one cuts the sill. It also depends on what kind of floor construction is intended.

See for example this very detailed description:
http://www.byggbeskrivningar.se/pdf...shx?Id=14&Fid=103&Inline=103.pdf&Doc=Broschyr

 

[berg35]

Hmmm.

I had planned to place the sill on the joisting and nail/screw the floor afterward inside the sill. In this description, the sill is placed on top of the floorboards.

What are the pros and cons of the different approaches? If I do as I had planned, I will have almost no threshold at all.....

 

[andersmc]

It is easier to build the platform model, according to the construction descriptions. The disadvantage is that you have an isolated framework that is sensitive to rain before it is sealed.

 

[berg35]

I hadn't planned to insulate it but use it as a cold storage.

 

[KnockOnWood]

Hmmm.

I had planned to place the sill on the joist and nail/screw the floor afterwards inside the sill. In this description, the sill is placed on top of the floorboards.

What are the pros and cons of the different approaches? If I do it as I planned, I will get almost no threshold at all.....

It's probably simply easier and cheaper to place the sill on the floor. (It's more troublesome to do the opposite and lay the floor on the sill.)

If you do as you had planned, you have to arrange support for the floor inside the sill = extra framing.