Here is how a local archy always wants the foundation done across the entire walls where there are entrances or terrace exits. Claims one should never step up into a house at the entry or step down out onto a terrace, and that the transition should be as close to level as is reasonable.
Of course, with the local poured wall foundation builders having only 8/0 forms, we are paying premiums to get these walls stepped up on the sides where the doors go.
Is there any way you would build this with a conventional rim, and then cover it to protect from the embanked soil and fill?
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That won't pass IRC 324.3.
There must be sufficient space between the sill and soil to notice termite tunnels. typically 6"-8".
As he has designed it water level on top of walkway is above the sill!!!!!!!
Ok I guess if it doesn't rain where you live and there are no soil born pests or other destructive organisms.
Have you moved to the moon lately? hehehe. Or Mars?
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This archy's entrances and terraces are always under roof, and in fact the stone paving is stepped up to at its outermost edges.
We're in the coldest parts of New York's Adirondacks, and had a January this year where for 20 days the daytime highs were rarely above zero, and dips as low as minus 40 were happening on the frosty nights. No one thinks much about termites.
What's the right way to do wheelchair access?
Looks like a tripper to me. Pavers should be the same elevation as finished floor. That way you only step over the threshold. The pavers should also extend under the threshold or door unit. Seal the threshold or unit at the paver. Water won't a problem with a little slope away from the wall.
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Edited 6/12/2004 12:06 pm ET by TKH
That detail is perfect for introducing water unless he is in San diego and under porch roofs.
You know we have simliar climate to yours and Nobody here would build that one. We always leave a min 4" step down for ice and water, and would have a metal flashing at that exterior terminus. to flagstone.
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A commercial developer that I do remodeling for has a similar delemma. To be ADA compliant, the transition from pavers to interior space is just about 1/4 inch in elevation. Most of the shops have covered entrances, but when any driving rain hits it's flood city. We've tried different door sweeps, etc. to no avail.
Here again, common sense does not figure into the equation. I've never once seen a disabled yuppie getout of a Lexus or BMW SUV and wheel into one of these high end tourist shops so crammed with expensive stuff that you can barely squeeze through the merchandise. Wheelchairs.... no way.
At least these are slabs. Your configuration would be rotting inside of a year.