French Doors - Floor too high

abdulh

I am in a right pickle and need some advice.

I am having an extension built and we are having two sets of french doors (double doors with panels either side) fitted. After the walls were built I got the window company to come out and measure and make the windows.

The problem is that the doors have been made to a height of 2160 because this is what the window guy measured. The builder said that the doors should have been 2100 as he needs to raise the brickwork by half a brick to level the internal wall.

Either way now the doors are made up and the problem is that if we have a level floor the floor come up 1.5inch's too high at the door (both kitchen and living room).

No one is taking responsibility for the mistake and it seems that I will have to live with it. The builder has suggested that we slope the floor, he said that over 9ft you will not notice the slope of 1.5inches. The problem with that is that both the kitchen and the living room are wider then 9ft (as part of these rooms will be in the old house) so I am going to end up with a situation where the floor starts off flat and then in the last 9ft it slopes off.

The only other solution I can think of is to have a little step near the french doors in each room. That way the floor can be completely level and just in front of the door we could have a 1.5inch step. In the kitchen we could add bristle matting to this step and I dont think it will look too bad, not sure how it will look in the carpeted living room though.

I would really apreciate any advice you could give.

macman

I wouldn't recommend a little step (1.5in) near the doors. In my experience it's the little steps that are always missed because they're not so obvious as a 'full depth' step.

ic

Why was the window measured before the brick work was finished? Who OKed that?

Fire_Fox

Whose idea was it to get the window guy to measure at that particular moment in the proceedings?

27col

It sounds as if you are the one who is not taking responsibility for the problem, as you say that it was you who got the window company to come and measure up. If you were uncertain of the dimensions of the hole to be filled, then you should have checked with the builder to ensure that the hole was at its finished dimensions, before it was measured for the window. You can hardly blame the window guy for accurately measuring the hole that you asked him to.
Another possible solution is to get new doors made to the correct dimensions and to sell the old ones as "miss measures"
When I was building my front porch, that is exactly what I did. I went to the local window company and bought a door that was a "miss measure". I then built the porch to suit the dimensions of the door that I had bought. Obviously, it will cost you money, but not as much as if you had to scrap the new windows.Just a thought for you to consider. Otherwise your options seem to be very limited.

abdulh

the issue has now been resolved. two new doors are being made up, i am paying for one and he is paying for the other. I now have one oversized door to sell if anyone is interested