Door Questions

[Eagle]

Greetings,

Wondering why most everyone has a "lip" on the bottom of their door opening. Why don't you use the floor as the door stop for the bottom? That way you would not have that "lip" in the back of your legs when you set in the doorway. If you sealed the floor edge with epoxy, there shouldn't be a water problem. Is it cosmetic or something I am not seeing here?

Thanks for educating me on this.

Eagle

[Woody]

I can't speak for anybody else, but I did mine that way to maintan the side wall structural integrity to prevent flexing of the sidewall and distortion of the door and door opening when building a wooden framed teardrop.

Woody

[R Keller]

Also to help keep the sheets, blankets and mattress inside when opening the door. I set my door opening 2" below my 5" cushions. This accomplishes the former, but also allows for comfortable sitting. I think a lot of other people have done similar. I don't think I've seen any that have a door opening above the mattress height. But I suppose there could be reasons for that too...

Rik

[Woody]

Through looking at all the sites during my quest for information on teardrops was the repeated reference why the door was cut about an inch or so below the mattress. I learned it was for when sitting in the doorway and the mattress compressed the bottom of the door opening cuts into the back of your thighs and it is uncomfortable. Makes sense to me.


Woody