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17th June 2010, 06:10 PM
Hi all
I am thinking of inserting a new single door into an internal brick wall. So I have a list of questions which I have tried searching this forum and googled but to no real joy.
The sequence as I see it goes like this:
Send wife and kids out for the day
reveal brickwork beneath plaster at the top of the wall where lintel should go
grind, chisel, cut out mortar through brick to width of lintel
Whats the best method for removing this line of mortar?
slide lintel into place
How is this fixed into place. Mortar?
Are there regs for how far into the brickwork either side of the door space the bar needs to go?
Cut door space out beneath lintel and remove bricks down to slab
clean up edges
insert wood framework
drill and fix to brick with screws/spagetti
How do you fix sill to concrete slab?
How do you fit the door framework to the steel lintel?
I hope this makes sense! I would have thought there was a web site explaining this process but had no luck.
If you have additional points or observations please let me know.
Many thanks
Read and reply to the full thread at RenovateForum.com.... (http://www.renovateforum.com/f84/hows-my-thinking-new-door-brick-91348/)
I am thinking of inserting a new single door into an internal brick wall. So I have a list of questions which I have tried searching this forum and googled but to no real joy.
The sequence as I see it goes like this:
Send wife and kids out for the day
reveal brickwork beneath plaster at the top of the wall where lintel should go
grind, chisel, cut out mortar through brick to width of lintel
Whats the best method for removing this line of mortar?
slide lintel into place
How is this fixed into place. Mortar?
Are there regs for how far into the brickwork either side of the door space the bar needs to go?
Cut door space out beneath lintel and remove bricks down to slab
clean up edges
insert wood framework
drill and fix to brick with screws/spagetti
How do you fix sill to concrete slab?
How do you fit the door framework to the steel lintel?
I hope this makes sense! I would have thought there was a web site explaining this process but had no luck.
If you have additional points or observations please let me know.
Many thanks
Read and reply to the full thread at RenovateForum.com.... (http://www.renovateforum.com/f84/hows-my-thinking-new-door-brick-91348/)