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   Martin Holladay | Jul 11, 2018 05:58am | #1

   Jeff,
   For advice on this topic, see a previous Q&A thread: "Outie doors."

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   seabornman | Jul 11, 2018 01:57pm | #2

   I wrestled with that also and decided to make all windows outies; all doors(except one) are innies. It's working out well as I used two layers of 1 1/2" rigid insulation and substituted a 2x4 for the outside layer where I needed a nailer for trim. I did not trust trying to support the weight of a large door on material attached to side of rim joist.

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   user-7005676 | Jul 11, 2018 02:05pm | #3

   Thanks guys, what about adding one or two layers (3 inches to match rigid insulation) to extend the floor out. So the sill would sit on this extended floor ..maybe structural lags tied back into the rim joists? I would lose the insulation value of the rigid foam, but could insulate in the basement.

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   Martin Holladay | Jul 12, 2018 11:32am | #4

   Jeff,
   It's up to you. But if you want to install two 2x6s, one on top of the other, to your rim joist with either long carriage bolts or long lag screws, you could do that.

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   user-7005676 | Jul 12, 2018 11:49am | #5

   Hi Martin,
   I'm new to using this site, when you said look at "outie doors"...do I just type that in the search engine above to get to the information you were referring to?
   Thanks,
   Jeff

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   Martin Holladay | Jul 12, 2018 12:35pm | #6

   Jeff,
   The words "Outie doors" are a link. Click the words to be transferred to the page I was talking about.

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   user-7005676 | Jul 12, 2018 12:37pm | #7

   Thanks Martin...it worked slick!