Exterior Threshold Replacement

We had dry rot under our door that leads to the deck. I replaced the old threshold and rotted material with a new subfloor patch (pressure treated ply) and new exterior threshold. This video shows each step I took. I'm just a homeowner who loves to do stuff myself. My real job is being an elementary school teacher!

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[ubermenschen]

Best flashing job I’ve ever seen. No moisture will ever get pass your flashing.

[masonbee]

Fantastic repair. The care you took cleaning up the debris alone showed what kind of worker you are!

[EB]

You should have a Trade School. Your craftsmenship and analytical skills are spot on!

[davey]

Good job. I was glad to see you turned up the inside edge of the self-stick flashing to form a back dam. I've done many repairs like this over the years (I'm a semi-retired constractor) and I like the way you went about this .

[markfrye]

I hope to see more of your videos! That drawing of. the flashing really helped me in fixing my leaky threshold.

[johnurban]

This is exactly my situation. I’ve been looking for a video exactly like this

[coderesponsevideos]

This is the 5th vid I have watched on this topic. This guy is a total professional and this is a top notch repair. No corners cut!

[rickcimino]

Nicely done. I have one (strong)suggestion: put a piece of 5/4 PVC (Azec or whatever they sell near you) or a piece of your decking under the outboard side of the aluminum threshold for support of that edge. From the underside of the aluminum down to the deck. Otherwise people will step on it an bend it. Another observation (for anyone watching) if you build a deck under an existing door, drop the deck at least 5".

[vintagevipergreenBeetle]

👍Going to watch the video again, when I replace the threshold on my garage door.

[handyforhire]

20 years in the handyman biz. We work very much alike. You may have done it off camera but one last detail was to caulk over the ends left and right. I also might have treated the jamb bottoms with and epoxy sealer when you had access but overall I'd say that was outstanding work. I too am aging and finding things increasingly exhausting. Be well!

[bking]

Great job and thanks for posting! I didn't know about rubberized flashing and now I do thanks to you.

[mikeoliver]

Love this video! Every other video I can find has too much talking and I don't need to hear somebody explaining stuff ! I'm going to look to see if you have other videos, great job and thank you!

[mikekossi]

I'm so glad I found your video because after playing with my hinges tweaking this tweaking that I finally realized my door was rubbing so hard on the threshold that no amount of adjustment that I could do without altering and moving my latches and raising the door when it fixed it. I love the thoroughness of your video as well especially seeing you had some rot
going on I never thought of that being an issue and I've never replaced one so now I have a lot more knowledge about getting into this thanks a lot Nice work man looks great

[jeremyreimer]

Prime example of WHY you DO NOT build a deck flush with the floor.

[DIYVariety]

Great job bud, good for lot of years to come. Cheers

[TonyOhio]

Well done. Very nice and excellent job. Thanks for your share and guide

[binzhang]

I’m your 100th subscriber. Great channel. I really like your diagram which is a great addition to your video.

[stevebrian]

Thanks for the video! Trying to get the nerve to tackle my back door. It is unfortunately directly on top of concrete slab. I suppose I will need to use masonry anchors!

[dolfinwriter]

Another suggestion--I can see you're in California so maybe you don't see much cold weather where you are, but I would caulk all gaps from below and then use Styrofoam board insulation to block off the rim joist areas in the basement, and then seal those with gap filler foam. This will increase the tightness of your new threshold and effectiveness of your heat and AC, AND help keep out unwanted pests. I lived east of San Diego for 27 years, and we had a huge problem with earwigs certain time of the year. I was constantly working to close up and tighten our weather sealing to keep the little B's out!

[NoDoubt]

Great work. Now I just need to do mine in 5mins