S very simple threshold could also me made of wood, I think you could get a piece of white wood shelving, and after pre-drilling the holes, insert two landscaping nails.
Then, you simply set the panel on the nail in the middle of the "meat" and it is down. you could put a piece of rebar down on the sides of the doorway to secure ti down tight, If you wanted to be Extra Credit, you can buy a piece of threshold, just like for a house, and rebar / spike that down. perhaps those small round aluminum tent stakes thru the screw holes. Then youd actually have a real door jam to hold the bottom. On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 8:32 AM, The Distinguished ... <[email protected] > wrote: > Greetings, > > A friend of mine used brickstrap, taped in, when the sides were taped > for the sill or lintel, and left some poly-iso (8' high walls) at the > top, also reinforced with brickstrap. There was also a "tape lip" > around the door frame on the side the door doesn't open to, and on the > door on the side it does. (So if the door opens inward, the tape lip > would be on the outside of the hexayurt, and the inside of the door, and > if the door opens outward, the tape lip would be on the inside of the > hexayurt, and the outside of the door.) This gave better sealing. > > Percy > > On Sun, 2011-06-26 at 11:03 -0700, Joshua Keroes wrote: > > I did the same as Keith, using some spare strap iron I had laying > > around. Taped it up and haven't thought about it since. > > > > > > Using steel is preferable to leaving 2-3" of polyiso at the bottom of > > the door because it may get kicked and broken. I've hit my head and > > scraped my back on the top of that door enough times. I reckon I'd put > > a boot through a polyiso door sill on the first day. > > > > > > -Joshua > > > > On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 7:57 PM, Keith Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > > I did not leave a connection at the bottom. Instead, on the > > playa, I put the door about 12" away from one corner (handle > > side), and put a piece of rebar into the ground at the hinge > > side to support it. However this summer I'm putting a 5-6' > > piece of sill-iron (from my stage crew days) across the base > > of the opening to keep the door from spreading. It will be > > integrated into the bottom edge taping. Sill iron is about > > 1/8" thick by about 7/8" wide. > > > > -Oswego > > > > > > > > On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 5:51 PM, Milt Fisher > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I was wondering if anyone leaves a 2-3" sill at the > > bottom of the door in an attempt to not weaken that > > panel by cutting the door all the way through the > > edge. Is it worth the trouble? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Milt > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed > > to the Google Groups "hexayurt" group. > > To post to this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to hexayurt > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en. > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the > > Google Groups "hexayurt" group. > > To post to this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to hexayurt > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "hexayurt" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to hexayurt > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "hexayurt" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hexayurt" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en.
