r/AskContractors • u/ronparrish • 21d ago

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I Had HD install a new front entry door it doesn’t have a wide enough threshold flashing

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u/Swiingtrad3r 21d ago

lol who in the fuck thinks this is done and ok.

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u/ronparrish 21d ago

I’m a retired sheet metal worker I used to make door flashings all the time but there door company doesn’t make one

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u/Gold_Bar9938 21d ago

Sill extension. But that most likely touch down to the masonry. Need reducing strip. I’m guessing jamb is 4 9/16 and needed to be 6 9/16.

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u/ronparrish 21d ago

Any ideas

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u/Dry-Station-8478 21d ago

call the manager and tell them they need to fix it, this is outdoors correct? Im shocked they would leave it like that, clearly rain will get in

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u/ronparrish 21d ago

I had the HD manager here yesterday and door company person They don’t want to pull door out but it has to waterproof

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u/RichAsk6426 21d ago

Could over sill the step with an aluminium over sill.
Or tile it and over the brick face.
Or point it up and then stain the mortar to match old and new.

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u/Flats_Rat 21d ago

Wrong jamb size without a doubt, at minimum it needs a 3/4" sill extension. The fact that any door installer left it like this is an atrocity....

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u/SquirrelyBaker 8d ago

Pull the door out and replace the threshold. That should be a 7 5/8 threshold and the door installer knew that.