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What's best practice when setting the height of an external door in a new build, where the finished floor level may still have some uncertainties? I have my joists and 22mm chipboard down, but the final flooring may be 10mm or up to 16mm, depending on what I end up buying... then there is the idea of 'future-proofing' in case I was ever to replace the flooring material.

What would be a good height to set the threshold above the chipboard?

Thanks

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I'd say as low as possible while retaining weather proofing.

What type of door?

Mine are upvc which come in a frame. Don't like the trip hazard as it's so high even with 25mm flooring inside which reduces the height...it's still around 40mm

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Why don't you plan for your worst case (highest build up) and you could potentially make this up if you wanted a flush threshold?

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It's alu-clad timber with an aluminium threshold built in. Never going to be level but obviously I don't want it any higher than it has to be.

'Worst case' height is definitely what I was thinking of planning for, just wondering what this actually means? The planned flooring is bamboo, which could be as little as 10mm, but if say I got a great deal on some solid timber etc, what is a reasonable maximum thickness to plan for?

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