My New House & Workshop

[Curious Hound]

Dear Mr. Oaks,
I apologize profusely for ever mentioning your threshold.
I can't stop laughin

He knows all about our thread drifting tendencies. Some people think the first post in any new thread is a mere suggestion and license to discuss anything under the sun.

 

[Jim Oaks]

Dear Mr. Oaks,
I apologize profusely for ever mentioning your threshold.
I can't stop laughin

My plan all along has been to fill it in with cement. I was just curious why people were suggesting mortar. I'm just filling the hole, not bonding them together.

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

Y'all didn't really answer my question though. Why can't I just put some left over cement in the holes to fill them in?

Cement is the glue.
Mortar is cement plus sand plus water.
Concrete is cement plus sand plus gravel plus water.
Terminology matters.

 

[Jim Oaks]

Good grief Charlie Brown.

Ok, why can't I just fill the holes in the block in with CONCRETE?

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Good grief Charlie Brown.

Ok, why can't I just fill the holes in the block in with CONCRETE?

It may not be thick enough to fully encapsulate the gravel.

Mortar being more sand based wouldn't have the larger chunks of gravel that may not get coated well enough by the cement to stay in place.

That is my theory anyway...

 

[Jazzer]

Mortar has lime also.

I guess people ass u med that you wanted to increase the height of the threshold.

If all you wanted to do is fill the holes, your concrete will be fine.

 

[Jim Oaks]

There's only a 1/4" height difference between the block and the floor. I'd fill the block openings with concrete and maybe add an aluminum threshold plate under where the door stops just to help seal it.

 

[Shran]

If you're going to cover it up then it doesn't matter a lot, just mix up a little concrete and send it. You can get concrete mix that's made for coating over the top of existing concrete in thin layers to do repairs...that might work best...

Kind of on that same topic I have little chunks of cement popping off my shop floor occasionally because my concrete guy did a shit job. Is what it is now but it's annoying to roll across on a creeper. I have been filling them in with short strand Bondo Glass body filler. It would be very expensive for a big repair but it works super good for little ones, it bonds like crazy to the concrete and then you just sand it smooth.