Thanks for your time. I have a sliding glass door in the basement; the bottom half has the basement wall on either side and the upper half has framing/vinyl siding next to it. However, there is a gap of about 1″ at the bottom half between the jack studs of the door frame and the vertical concrete wall that is part of the foundation. Big enough to have nests of spiders and mud wasps…annoying!
Any suggestions on how I may “re”-trim the door to eliminate the gap between the frame and vertical wall of the basement foundation?
I have pics but have a hard time getting them to attach to this post. I can email them to you if needed.
In search of the next cold one,
Nearbeer
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Expanding foam?
If you do use it, make sure to use the low expanding stuff meant for windows and doors. Paint anything exposed to sunlight.
I can post pictures if you email them to me. Please try to keep them under 100k.
-Don
As offered, here are Nearbeer's pictures of his "crappy trim job".
After looking at the pictures, I take back my expanding foam suggestion. I think it needs a bit more help than that, but I don't have anything yet.
-Don
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Edited 8/15/2006 8:57 pm ET by DonCanDo
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Mostly it just needs reasonable trim. J-channel isn't it.
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maybe glue in a custom fit stick of treated/whiteoak/walnut?
fill the void behind with foam -
Will do on the expanding foam. Now the trick is to cover it up with some type of trim piece that looks like it belong there!
Thanks for the advice!!
Nearbeer
Yeah, first cut pieces of solid foam to fill most of the space, then fill the cracks with low-expansion foam.
Fill with insulation, Scribe a trim board and caulk.
i would build a water table at the bottom of the siding and fill in the gap at the bottom and then stucco finish the concrete wall up to the vinyl j trim.
ANDYSZ2
PS what is the concrete bottom shaped by?
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Edited 8/16/2006 9:27 pm by ANDYSZ2
The exterior trim should have been wide enough to go from the edge of the door to over the brick at least 1". The brickmold casing that is currently on the door would come off. The siding would also have to be cut back and new J-channel installed. It's difficult to tell from the pictures how the siding and brick relate. A filler may have to be placed behind the new wider casing to keep the plane straight from the brick up. Caulk the joint where the new wide trim lays over the brick. You will also want a longer headcasing and will have to install flashing.
Beat it to fit / Paint it to match