KaiTen
2016-01-19 10:38:42
- #1
Hello,
About 1 month ago, a new front door was installed for us. Since it is an old building, the floor tiles have always protruded a few centimeters into the outdoor area, even after the installation of the new door. This is not a problem and was clear from the beginning. Since the house is not 100% level, the installer asked if he should not install the new door exactly flush with the wall on one side, because otherwise the tiles protruding under the door into the outdoor area would protrude by different amounts, about 3 cm on the left, 1 cm on the right. He emphasized that this was purely an optical question and did not represent a technical problem. So it was done that way: the left side of the door was set back about 2 cm, meaning it was not installed flush against the wall, and the resulting gap was filled with silicone. This also had the effect that the cover strip inside at the top of the door could no longer close directly with the wall. Silicone was also applied here. Now, after about 1 month, the silicone in the outdoor area is still not really hard and especially in the indoor area above the door, where the cover strip does not touch the wall, the silicone is liquid, even more liquid than it would come out of the tube. Now the question naturally arises for me whether the door should have been installed strictly flush against the wall. Perhaps it is not just, as the installer said, an optical question, but rather a technical one. So a thermal bridge was essentially created and thus an area for mold? Outdoors, the silicone can be easily pressed in with a finger. This is not normal either, is it?
Can someone help me with this?
Regards Kai
About 1 month ago, a new front door was installed for us. Since it is an old building, the floor tiles have always protruded a few centimeters into the outdoor area, even after the installation of the new door. This is not a problem and was clear from the beginning. Since the house is not 100% level, the installer asked if he should not install the new door exactly flush with the wall on one side, because otherwise the tiles protruding under the door into the outdoor area would protrude by different amounts, about 3 cm on the left, 1 cm on the right. He emphasized that this was purely an optical question and did not represent a technical problem. So it was done that way: the left side of the door was set back about 2 cm, meaning it was not installed flush against the wall, and the resulting gap was filled with silicone. This also had the effect that the cover strip inside at the top of the door could no longer close directly with the wall. Silicone was also applied here. Now, after about 1 month, the silicone in the outdoor area is still not really hard and especially in the indoor area above the door, where the cover strip does not touch the wall, the silicone is liquid, even more liquid than it would come out of the tube. Now the question naturally arises for me whether the door should have been installed strictly flush against the wall. Perhaps it is not just, as the installer said, an optical question, but rather a technical one. So a thermal bridge was essentially created and thus an area for mold? Outdoors, the silicone can be easily pressed in with a finger. This is not normal either, is it?
Can someone help me with this?
Regards Kai