This aluminum sill for a sliding glass door was installed over the plywood subfloor of the author s new york offices in the 1970 s.
Aluminium sliding door sill detail.
Aluminium sliding doors series 100 installation details.
Early planning to avoid disappointment and unnecessary expense the way we achieve the desired threshold height between the inside and outside of bi folding or sliding doors is to plan for it in advance before the build.
The frame is available in clear and bronze anodized finishes with a standard 4 mil coating thickness and white baked enamel finish.
Pan flashing for exterior doors windows rot below a sliding glass door.
Finished to match the color of the frame.
Brick veneer typical jamb detail typical head sill detail.
Alspec s high performance sliding door.
The carpenter used no pan flashing.
Below our next photo shows the extensive rot that ensued.
The sliding glass door is constructed from fixed and moving panels mounted in a perimeter frame.
Standard on the series 600 sliding glass door the 1 5 sill s high interior leg and sloped profile provides a water barrier and meets the commercial specifications of the american architectural manufacturers association aama.
Aluminum alloy with a structural wall thickness of 062 and non structural wall thickness of 050.