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How to fill in exterior doorway (add bottom plate) with sloping threshold?

samh25
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How to fill in exterior doorway (add bottom plate) with sloping threshold?

Am wanting to fill in an existing exterior doorway. Curious how I would go about attaching a bottom plate when the existing concrete threshold slopes downwards? How would I build this up so new bottom plate sits level? Is building a little form and using non-shrink grout appropriate here?

FWIW all interior tiles will be removed.doorway-ezgif.com-webp-to-jpg-converter.jpg

MitchellMc
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Re: How to fill in exterior doorway (add bottom plate) with sloping threshold

Welcome to the Bunnings Workshop community @samh25. It's wonderful to have you join us, and many thanks for your question about filling a doorway.
 

That sounds like a solid plan. Forming up the area and pouring your structural grout will provide the flat base you'll need to begin framing the doorway.

 

I can't quite tell from you're image how significant the slope is, but the other alternative is to bolt a bottom plate down with plastic shims under the outside edge to account for the deviation.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Mitchell
 

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samh25
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Re: How to fill in exterior doorway (add bottom plate) with sloping threshold

Thanks for you help, Mitchell!

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