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What is the threshold? How to install the threshold?

Usually, when decorating the gate, people will install a doorstone at the entrance of the gate. The main purpose is to keep the height inside and outside the house at the same level to solve the uneven situation. From the perspective of geomantic omen, there is a lot of stress on the doorstone, so you must not lay it casually, otherwise it will affect your fortune. So what is the stress on the doorsill? Today, Bian Xiao will tell you about stones. Let's get to know it together!

What's so particular about doorstones?

1, door stone Geely pays attention to feng shui.

(1) Each lintel should not be laid in two equal parts, that is, the lintel has a middle seam centered on the room.

(2) If the whole stone width cannot be laid, it is better to divide it into three pieces, that is, divide it into two halves first, and then divide the remaining half into two halves. When laying, two small strips are on both sides and half large strips are in the middle.

(3) When the lintel cannot be laid as a whole, it must be laid in two halves, nor can it be laid in two halves. It must be laid in two sections with unequal lengths and staggered joints.

(4) If your family is engaged in management, you can put seven coins under the doorstone. If you are in business, you can put eight coins, and then put a "safe entry and exit" with coins, and then sprinkle some cinnabar below, which will bring good luck to your family.

2. Pay attention to the color of the doorstone

What's so particular about doorstones? Usually, the lintel is mainly used to divide the area, followed by leaving expansion joints for the floor, so when choosing the color of the lintel, it is best to choose stones with some color difference from the floor, such as black and dark brown.

How to install lintel

1, lintel installation requirements: Generally speaking, lintels should be installed at the door of houses, bathrooms and kitchens, and the height of lintels should be higher than the ground. If one side of the lintel is a floor tile and the other side is a solid wood floor, a gap of 4-5mm should be left between the marble lintel and the ground and bridged with wooden buckles.

2. Threshold installation process: When installing the threshold, measure the size in advance and cut the stone. When laying bricks, the threshold is paved, generally with cement mortar, and the width of the threshold is the same as that of the door.

3. Precautions for lintel installation: After a period of trampling, cracks sometimes appear in the surrounding cement mortar. Especially the threshold of the bathroom, so it is suggested that when cement mortar is used for laying, a gap should be left in the floor of the bathroom, and it should be controlled at about 5 mm After being filled with cement mortar, a circle of building glue or silicone glue is needed, so that even if the cement mortar cracks and leaves the threshold, water will not seep from the gap when there is water.