Hello, I have a question.
When was your front door installed? The reason I ask is that we are building with a general contractor (GC) and have removed the front door because we want an aluminum door. The GC only offers wooden doors.
We are starting construction on Monday, and our GC said we should order the front door now so it can be installed in about 5 weeks (when the shell construction is finished).
Now that I’ve thought about it, I’m wondering if it really makes sense to install the new door so early? I mean, many tradespeople will still be coming in and out, and apart from the shell, nothing else is completed yet. So my question is whether it’s common to have a front door installed this early. I have also often seen that only the frame for the front door is installed first, and the door itself is temporarily fitted with a construction door panel.
How was it for you?
When was your front door installed? The reason I ask is that we are building with a general contractor (GC) and have removed the front door because we want an aluminum door. The GC only offers wooden doors.
We are starting construction on Monday, and our GC said we should order the front door now so it can be installed in about 5 weeks (when the shell construction is finished).
Now that I’ve thought about it, I’m wondering if it really makes sense to install the new door so early? I mean, many tradespeople will still be coming in and out, and apart from the shell, nothing else is completed yet. So my question is whether it’s common to have a front door installed this early. I have also often seen that only the frame for the front door is installed first, and the door itself is temporarily fitted with a construction door panel.
How was it for you?
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xMisterDx29 Jan 2023 11:07WilderSueden schrieb:
There is also the option to leave a gap about the width of a hand between the door and the heated screed, and then fill it with a bag of fast-setting screed after the door is installed.Yes, that works. But why do it?
First, using an insulation strip then becomes fiddly, and you end up with two different screed layers... We once forgot a towel radiator, so we had to break up the screed, install the pipes, and then pour fast-setting screed over it. There was no other way.
But without a good reason? You can tape off the door if you’re worried.
For us and all our neighbors, the exterior doors were installed directly, and nothing happened during construction.
The builders don’t wake up thinking, “Which exterior door can I break today...”
For us, the frame and so on were installed, a sealing strip was placed on the door threshold, and the construction door was put in.
On the morning of the handover, the final door was installed.
Before that, I wasn’t completely comfortable with it because every tradesperson would have had a key to my door, or we would have had to change the lock again.
And I admit, I was happy about it—the interior plastering and filling work is quite dirty.
On the morning of the handover, the final door was installed.
Before that, I wasn’t completely comfortable with it because every tradesperson would have had a key to my door, or we would have had to change the lock again.
And I admit, I was happy about it—the interior plastering and filling work is quite dirty.
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WilderSueden29 Jan 2023 11:52xMisterDx schrieb:
Yes, that's possible. But why?It separates the dependency between the screed and the front door. The tile installer fills the gap before tiling the entrance area. It's not complicated at all. And you always have different types of screed anyway. For heated screed, anhydrite is typically used nowadays, but you definitely don't want that under the fully tiled shower area—and generally not elsewhere in the bathroom either.
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