Running my first planks down and the rows are ending at the garage doorway. There is enough clearance (actually too much) from the floor to the door bottom.

The subfloor ends underneath the door, there is 1/2 inch gap, then the butt end of a stair riser. The stair riser is about quarter inch higher than subfloor.

The garage is NOT heated and exposed to Chicago climate (-20 to 100+).

What is the proper way to transition the garage doorway?

Before there was laminate and screwed in metal weather stripping.

There is only one poor constructed stair in the garage, so replacing it is an option if needed.

thanks

erik

Butt the wood to the stair thingy. Then place an external threshold on top where it should go. You may need to adjust the door to fit the threshold.

A picture wold be nice. You may have to cut the riser off even with the subfloor and place a stairnose on it, to but the wood flooring to.

Photos are not the best, too much or too little light.

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The grey thing is the stair. The pine is the top of the stair riser. The white area is the gap which just a joist holder up the subfloor.

Leaning toward removing the stairs, placing a stairnose down flush, and putting the weather stripping under the door.

I'd place an aluminum exterior threshold there and since it is the end cuts, leave a very minimal gap against it. Say 1/8th if that.

I agree with Austin on the exterior aluminum threshold. I would run a piece of material across the width of the doorway on the exterior side to shim that side of the threshold up if needed.

This piece of material should be separate from the flooring so that the flooring would be held back 1" or more under the threshold. This will make sure the flooring is not exposed to the uncontrolled environment. the gap could be filled with expanding foam insulation.