Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Thomas Archer Hive 46 (customised) Build 2020-21 138Feb 03, 2021 10:17 am scott2323 1 question regards the Sliding door recessed to slab - understand it is to achieve a flush effect - flooring flush vs door frame But if you are doing timber flooring - which is normally 15mm thick anyway, it should make the height difference much less , is it still worth to do the sliding door concrete recessed then ? Thanks so I was at my build over weekend and coincidentally the concreter was there too to do some rectification work. We had a nice long chat on all things build / concreting. He was curious as to why I didn't recess my doors / windows and I said that I wasn't even aware that was an option. His perspective: - He hates doing it. It is quite challenging to get a 15mm recess in the slab perfect to allow for the doors / windows to fit. There is never a time he can get it perfect and he has been doing it for 30 years. - When you do do it, the framers generally have to surround the frame with packers and play with the heights to try and get it level etc. - I think i read previously that sometimes there are water ingress issues depending on if the outside is covered etc, so that's something to consider. Hope that helps, but yes with timber flooring the lip to the door would hopefully not be too much. Re: Thomas Archer Hive 46 (customised) Build 2020-21 139Feb 03, 2021 10:28 am sifntdaz scott2323 1 question regards the Sliding door recessed to slab - understand it is to achieve a flush effect - flooring flush vs door frame But if you are doing timber flooring - which is normally 15mm thick anyway, it should make the height difference much less , is it still worth to do the sliding door concrete recessed then ? Thanks so I was at my build over weekend and coincidentally the concreter was there too to do some rectification work. We had a nice long chat on all things build / concreting. He was curious as to why I didn't recess my doors / windows and I said that I wasn't even aware that was an option. His perspective: - He hates doing it. It is quite challenging to get a 15mm recess in the slab perfect to allow for the doors / windows to fit. There is never a time he can get it perfect and he has been doing it for 30 years. - When you do do it, the framers generally have to surround the frame with packers and play with the heights to try and get it level etc. - I think i read previously that sometimes there are water ingress issues depending on if the outside is covered etc, so that's something to consider. Hope that helps, but yes with timber flooring the lip to the door would hopefully not be too much. Thx very much for the advice Re: Thomas Archer Hive 46 (customised) Build 2020-21 140Feb 05, 2021 3:32 pm sifntdaz scott2323 1 question regards the Sliding door recessed to slab - understand it is to achieve a flush effect - flooring flush vs door frame But if you are doing timber flooring - which is normally 15mm thick anyway, it should make the height difference much less , is it still worth to do the sliding door concrete recessed then ? Thanks so I was at my build over weekend and coincidentally the concreter was there too to do some rectification work. We had a nice long chat on all things build / concreting. He was curious as to why I didn't recess my doors / windows and I said that I wasn't even aware that was an option. His perspective: - He hates doing it. It is quite challenging to get a 15mm recess in the slab perfect to allow for the doors / windows to fit. There is never a time he can get it perfect and he has been doing it for 30 years. - When you do do it, the framers generally have to surround the frame with packers and play with the heights to try and get it level etc. - I think i read previously that sometimes there are water ingress issues depending on if the outside is covered etc, so that's something to consider. Hope that helps, but yes with timber flooring the lip to the door would hopefully not be too much. thanks for your perspective. Do you know how high the lip of the windows will stick out above the timber floor if there is no recess? We spent close to 2 years in a process with TA. It was horrible..... we got to tender, and the first cut was 50% over our budget which "they care such about meeting ". We… 18 23022 Thank you so much everyone. This all makes a lot of sense. I guess when you talk to a builder who butters up everything to look very polished, you get to start believing… 8 2249 thank you! do we need to get this or our builder before we commence new build on the block? 2 4420 |