THRESHOLDS

To keep water and critters from entering the home; and

To stop water from coming out of your shower enclosure.

These functions do sound logical but are there any reasonable alternatives that could also eliminate or greatly reduce the tripping hazards from door entries?

In 1995 Three and one half million people in North America had tripping accidents in their homes which resulted in permanent disability or death. In addition to these serious accidents, the number of people who suffered other injuries is over nine million. The majority of these accidents occurred to people over the age of 60. The next largest group of victims was children under the age of 5.

The cost of eliminating a threshold on an exterior entrance door will run anywhere between $25.00 - $40.00 per standard door. The cost includes labour and material and assumes that you do not have some weird and wonderful non-standard flooring.

Executed properly the User Friendly Threshold will provide you with a more effective water barrier than standard construction and should far exceed your local building code specifications.

The book, Building for the Future, details a step by step process for :