This day in 1997, of my house build

[EddieWalker]

1.5” + 9.25” + .75” - 4” = 7.5”

If I understand this, you are saying that your front door is 7 1/2 inches higher then your porch. Why?

 

[buckeyefarmer]

If I understand this, you are saying that your front door is 7 1/2 inches higher then your porch. Why?

Pretty normal here, especially with a basement. Otherwise foundation guys would of have to do a lot of forming to bring porch foundation up higher, or have the porch raised when it is poured.

 

[EddieWalker]

So that's the finished way you do a front door there? with a step down as soon as you walk out the door?

I'd have to check to be sure, but from what I've always been told, and thought was Code where I've worked, the porch, or landing, or step, outside the door has to be within an inch of the inside height of the floor. It was my understanding that it was dangerous and a fall issue if it wasn't.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

If the door swung out, that might be the case, but house doors swing in. Unless the house is on a slab, which isn’t common here, probably 99% of the doors are like this. Unless it recently changed in code, I haven’t looked recently.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

19970712 Saturday

Hutch helped 4 hrs

Stained new oak stairs
Removed temporary stairs.
Installed oak stairs.

 

[ovrszd]

A bit off subject. Our house is on a slab. No steps anywhere. We even used low elevation door sills for easy access. Our previous house had a step from the garage to the house. Front door/back door were level onto wood decks. Exact opposite of what was needed. Carrying groceries from the car to the kitchen sucked. So we were pretty adamant about door sill steps.

Gotta live with what you got. Not a deal breaker at all.

Don't know nothing about no codes.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Pretty normal here, especially with a basement. Otherwise foundation guys would of have to do a lot of forming to bring porch foundation up higher, or have the porch raised when it is poured.

Yep, pretty much the norm in Albuquerque, which 99% of the houses are on a slab. All entry doors have a step up, max height of 7 1/4". Even garage man doors have a step. For handicap accessibility, they do a 3' long concrete ramp.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

19970713 Sunday

Polyurethane stairs


Install copper pipe loop for upstairs heat exchanger. This is wall between half bath and front closet. I insulated bathroom walls for sound.

My neighbor dug for my well line and we installed water line and pitless adapter in the well. Sleeved thru larger pipe thru basement wall.


And installed AC line set to upstairs unit.
Line set next to house stack, heat lines to right, this is ceiling of half bath.

Lines coming thru floor upstairs. We ended up putting upstairs unit in corner of our walk in closet, which I had made larger. Originally was going to put this unit in attic, but just not enough room. This unit has since been removed with my geothermal install.

Pan was installed under the unit, and was needed a couple times when condensate drain clogged.

This was a very busy Sunday.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

19970714 Monday

After work, picked up the whirlpool tub and carried it upstairs.
Ran coax from basement to attic, just in case.
Ran electric line for upstairs air handler.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

19970715 Tuesday

Drywall delivered.