My Victorian house has an enclosed porch with a double opening-outwards churchtype door. The doors are rebated so they overlap where they meet, which helps keep the draughts out. But there is a large gap under each door through which the wind whistles. My question is can I add an internal cill to block that gap? I have a suitable length of 2 inch oak. Would that do? And how do I seal under the cill if I can install it?
Can I add a cill to an old door?
- Thread starter Gye
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You can certainly use your piece of oak to form a threshold - screwing it downwards through a bed of silicone if the original step is ok.
Failing that, you could consider some sort of draughtproofing strips on the inside bottoms of the doors.
John
Failing that, you could consider some sort of draughtproofing strips on the inside bottoms of the doors.
John
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