Hello,
We are in the process of replacing a couple of doors in the basement. Between two rooms, there is a difference of about 15 mm due to one room having tiles and the other not. The tile floor is not correctly laid, meaning it only goes up to the threshold and not underneath as it ideally should. Additionally, there is a board under the existing threshold to raise it to the level of the concrete floor. If you lift this board, there's additional wood underneath!? Presumably, it has been like this since the house was built in the '70s.
The first thought is, of course, to fill the hole with concrete and lay tiles under the threshold, but it's quite a lot of work, and I don't have any of the materials at home. Furthermore, as mentioned, there's wood even under the existing plank, and encasing wood in concrete doesn't seem like a very good plan. The other option is to build on the wood by another 15 mm so that the threshold reaches the level of the tiled floor. This is a simple solution, and I have everything needed to do this. The problem is that you're generally not supposed to have wood near the concrete floor?
It's worth mentioning that the basement is habitable with a height of 210 cm and is heated.
Best Regards
We are in the process of replacing a couple of doors in the basement. Between two rooms, there is a difference of about 15 mm due to one room having tiles and the other not. The tile floor is not correctly laid, meaning it only goes up to the threshold and not underneath as it ideally should. Additionally, there is a board under the existing threshold to raise it to the level of the concrete floor. If you lift this board, there's additional wood underneath!? Presumably, it has been like this since the house was built in the '70s.
The first thought is, of course, to fill the hole with concrete and lay tiles under the threshold, but it's quite a lot of work, and I don't have any of the materials at home. Furthermore, as mentioned, there's wood even under the existing plank, and encasing wood in concrete doesn't seem like a very good plan. The other option is to build on the wood by another 15 mm so that the threshold reaches the level of the tiled floor. This is a simple solution, and I have everything needed to do this. The problem is that you're generally not supposed to have wood near the concrete floor?
It's worth mentioning that the basement is habitable with a height of 210 cm and is heated.
Best Regards
Chose to remove the boards that were embedded in the concrete and fill it in with some stone remnants and then a 3-4 cm layer of outdoor fix that I had left over from before. However, I didn't have any rebar but maybe it doesn't matter in fix, it will probably crack anyway. In this case, though, it doesn't matter since an oak threshold will be placed on top.