Floor make up advice

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Hi All

I am hoping for some input regarding a floor make up.

I am converting an old block building in my garden into a summer room/occasional guest accommodation. Due to acquiring a door that is slightly too tall (but is saving a huge amount of money!), I only have 40mm to make up the floor from a slightly uneven, un-insulated 100ish mm concrete slab.

Originally I wanted level the floor, lay a DPM, 25mm celotex, caberfloor and then a laminate. However, the make up is going to be too thick.

Can anyone suggest an alternative?

The best I have come up with so far is to self level, DPM, then use 12mm celotex, and then a 14mm floating engineered floor (with underlay??). However, i'm not sure how a floating floor would cope if laid directly onto 12mm celotex....Plus i have to build the studs off of it.

I know i have the option of digging out the floor, which is what i would do if it was in the house, however i quite frankly cant be bothered for a summer room so hoping to avoid it.

Thanks in advance.
 
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Can you cut the door down further, or have a step down to it with the rest of the floor higher?
 
I can take some off the door, but only a maximum of about 3 or 4mm off the top.

The room is only 13m2, so a step would be fairly invasive into the space. I had considered a gentle slope but decided it was too much hassle.
 
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Carpet well for door then raise the rest .

I quite like this idea, however the door is 3m wide and runs the length of the room so the mat would take up a lot of the visible floor space. Not the end of the world, and something I will investigate further with the "customer"

I've done a fairly poor paint drawing to give an idea of the layout.

Thank you.
 

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100mm wise would take tiny floor space .
You forgot to mention it’s a sliding door.
You could mount the frame outside .
 

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