Where can I get....

[Malcolm]

My old front door (and indeed my mothers front door) had a threshold / sill which had a metal bar partly recessed into the wood (it protruded a few mm above the surface of the wood), to help prevent water getting in under the door. My new front door does not have this and consequently leaks under certain conditions.

Trouble is I'm not having much luck finding one in my local stores such as B & Q, so can anyone suggest where I might be able to get one please?

Alternatively I could get an aluminium or brass bar and attempt to recess it securely into the existing sill myself, but I'm not sure how I might go about such a task, so any suggestions on this would also be welcome.

Malcolm (Fantrace).

Be happy.

[Aden]

I don't know where you can get your old front door and yyour Mothers front door. Have they been robbed.?

[Aden]

A Carpet Shop.

[Alex]

What you are after is a stormguard available from most good woodyards with a door department,you may find them in the sheds but not sure.

[chris French]

In message , Alex writes

Yes, I was going to recommend them. Yes, sheds certainly sell some of them.

Rather than just the metal bar these are effectively an aluminium channel to catch the water with a rubber seal as well. Work very well against driving wind and rain.

[Lobster]

you can't find one at B&Q; they're available all over the place

David

[Malcolm]

Thanks for the suggestions, and indeed some of these Stormguard products are available at B&Q, but good and suitable as they almost certainly are, they are not what I'm after. I just want a simple wooden sill with a 5mm or so protruding bar running down the middle of it. That is what I can't find.

Trouble with the Stormguard products is firstly that they are an ugly (to me personally) metal sill which I'd rather not have on my doorstep, and secondly that they (well some of them anyway) are relatively difficult to fit, possibly requiring removal of the door and/or having to chisel out a complicated profile at the bottom of the jamb.

They may be much better than the simpler solution I am after, but the problem isn't too serious and the simple bar should be sufficient. When the door was fitted we were told that additional weatherproofing at the bottom would not be necessary and like a fool, I believed the guy. This winter, what water that has dribbled or been blown into the gap between door and sill has soaked up into the bottom of the door causing it to swell up and the door to stick.

Malcolm (Fantrace).

Be happy.

[T i m]

[T] Howabout a model engineering supplier? They tend to do short lengths of brass (good), copper (too soft) alloy (cheap) stainless (best) at *reasonable* prices?

the best ..

T i m