18" Wide Foam Insulated Threshold Ideas ?

buffalobillpatrick · 03-19-17, 02:37 PM

On my new house build, I'm getting bids on having my footers & walls formed & poured.

Standard practice is to pour the slab out through the doorways to the outside.

This would be a Very bad way to do this with a radiant heated slab in climate zone 5. Lots of heat would be wasted.

I need to come up with an 18" wide threshold. It needs to span the 8" concrete stem wall on outside + 6" of EPS foam & then 4" over the slab on the inside.

It needs to be strong, durable, look good enough.

Ideas?

03-19-17, 02:37 PM	#1
buffalobillpatrick Master EcoRenovator Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Florissant, Colorado Posts: 599 Thanks: 814 Thanked 59 Times in 55 Posts	18" Wide Foam Insulated Threshold Ideas ? On my new house build, I'm getting bids on having my footers & walls formed & poured. Standard practice is to pour the slab out through the doorways to the outside. This would be a Very bad way to do this with a radiant heated slab in climate zone 5. Lots of heat would be wasted. I need to come up with an 18" wide threshold. It needs to span the 8" concrete stem wall on outside + 6" of EPS foam & then 4" over the slab on the inside. It needs to be strong, durable, look good enough. Ideas?