So when I had my house renovated, a new side door was installed that was bigger than the old. To make it fit, the GC, in his infinite wisdom, chopped out the foundation curb under the door instead of raising the header above it. That put me only about 2" above grade. Fast forward to now and I had a new drive installed that put the door essentially AT grade and Im now getting rainwater making its way under the door sill and into the basement through the block foundation. See pics.
Im going to order a new door that is a few inches shorter and essentially put BACK the concrete foundation/curb that was under it. I plan to use a few concrete blocks, probably something like this (https://www.homedepot.com/p/16-in-x-8-in-x-4-in-Concrete-Block-30165803/100350254) cut to size if needed and mortar them in.
Is this a proper way of going about this or is there a better way? Anything else I should do? Obviously, my goal is to prevent further water intrusion in the future.
Im going to order a new door that is a few inches shorter and essentially put BACK the concrete foundation/curb that was under it. I plan to use a few concrete blocks, probably something like this (https://www.homedepot.com/p/16-in-x-8-in-x-4-in-Concrete-Block-30165803/100350254) cut to size if needed and mortar them in.
Is this a proper way of going about this or is there a better way? Anything else I should do? Obviously, my goal is to prevent further water intrusion in the future.
