Get the stairs retiled and now the step is too high

  • Erstellt am 2023-07-16 09:50:06

Buchsbaum

2023-07-19 08:15:32
  • #1
So, before water runs into your hallway through the door, it would already need a heavy downpour. Presumably, the tiler also worked in a slope away from the door so that water can drain off.

Again. The door, as you yourself write, presses with a rubber seal against the tile edge that serves as a stop. Thus, the tightness is ensured. It should be at least somewhat airtight.

If the floor height of the hallway and staircase were at the same level, the door would not seal at all. Neither against water nor against air.

You do not have a thermally separated door threshold made of aluminum like modern doors. What the tiler did is perfectly fine.

And when you install a new door, there will be a door threshold that fits exactly to the tile level of the stairs. The new door would then close against the new door threshold in the same way. You can just google it.
 

HubiTrubi40

2023-07-19 14:56:22
  • #2

No, not quite. The rubber lip presses against this first rail... that is not the tile edge, but the door threshold (see yellow marking). Therefore, the raised tile edge poses a certain risk of water ingress (blue marking). Perhaps most likely from the side (2nd image). And yes, there is a slope. However, a very small slope. He said it was no longer possible.
 

HubiTrubi40

2023-07-20 10:09:36
  • #3
Previously, it was flush tile edge and door threshold. So, no step. has to correct me. The rubber was above the threshold. So yes, in that respect it would now be at the tile edge. I will do the test with a garden hose tonight. What caught my attention was that the metal strip at the end towards the stair/platform edge is slightly above tile level. It's not a tripping hazard, but water collects there. Yesterday I spoke to an acquaintance who is an expert. He said tear everything down and redo it. That’s the radical option. It wouldn’t be my preferred choice.
 

KarstenausNRW

2023-07-20 10:18:56
  • #4

I have now read the thread completely. The radical option is the only correct one. That is - even if it looks good without the door problem - to put it bluntly, the worst botched job. Such a height and thus an entry possibility into the house is completely unacceptable. Every expert gives the same statement after 10 seconds. Get rid of it and start new.
 

HubiTrubi40

2023-07-20 10:26:22
  • #5

You mean for the water, right?
 

HubiTrubi40

2023-07-21 08:41:09
  • #6
I also did the test yesterday and briefly sprayed water against the door with a garden hose, and it was still relatively weak. Water ran in within a few seconds. My neighbor said that would also happen if the edge were flush with the metal strip of the door. That’s how it was before, but I don’t know. Similarly, water accumulates at the edge of the stainless steel strip on the front of the platform.
 

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