I've framed the doorway....now I've got a door question.

You'll have to excuse the pictures. They suck on a few different levels. The siding being one of those levels. But please keep in mind that I have yet to prime and paint it. In fact, I wanted to make sure I got a door in first so I wasn't doing extra "prep" work on something that would just be ripped out. You know what I mean. But, please.....take my word for it. The door frame is quite nice. Two king studs and a 2x10 header. You can see the frame from the front (it's boarded up until I decide on wtf I'm going to do). And here from the back (inside the garage). Jeez....that boarded-up look is bad. And just a refresher.....here's the door I'm planning on using (on the left): So what I'm trying to figure out is.........if this door opens in (so if you're looking at the first pic I posted, you'd see the front of the door), how would I seal it to resemble the pics that Ro posted: It looks like I need to add "beef" to the front of the door, no? Given the fact that this door is about 1 3/4" thick, this would become a much thicker door in those beefed-up places. Also, weather-proofing this beef is something else to think about (albeit not that complicated, of course......just thinking out loud). Also, it looks to me like I would need to build-up a threshold out of wood? And that doesn't seem all that durable to me. So, yeah......just thinking out loud. Any advice is much appreciated. Thanks.

Hi, That second threshold above is not necessary to achieve a tight sealing. Just make sure all your thresholds are well sealed and put some kind of rubber in the perimeter so it has a tight closing.

in "real" live, a door has a stop-trim on the left, right and top (inside of the doorframe). A threshold is only to, well, hold trash :) haha. In this design, however, it also functions as a door stop (trim all around). The SECOND inner trim is just an extra SEAL. You could go without the bottom trim as JB mentioned. It would be wise to add a drop-threshold (check JB's and LOU's threat to see what I mean). Add a smaller sheet of wood on the inside of the door to create the extra seal (in combo with the trim). Doesn't need to be THAT superheavy. 12mm MDF will do fine, seal it properly. In order to "protect" the bottom trim (threshold if you like) you can wrap it in rubber all around. Or make the wood edge 'round', or add a metal bar. There's pleny o' choices.