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Default Walkout Basement Doors

On Saturday, August 18, 2018 at 3:47:13 PM UTC-5, dpb wrote:
On 8/18/2018 3:11 PM, Davej wrote:
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My thoughts are to cut off the bottom several inches of the 2x10's and
fill that with something like polyurethane caulk. Then install a new
threshold on the basement-side of the floor crack, and then a new door
frame.


I'd try to get the remnants of the ends out of the holes and then fill
with sand mix. If just fill over the ends will end up w/ a cavity to
pond water.


Is there anything that won't separate later and potentially provide a
crack/path for ants and termites? I am cutting away on the 2x10's. When
I get the bottoms cut off they better not start moving.