Access To Get Under The House.

[Turpy]

Hi all, I hope that someone can help.

I need to add another entry point to gain access under the house (on stumps). Brick veneer cladding.
For some reason the height between the ground and the joists is decreasing, or my "gut"
is getting a little bigger .

Any way, I've looked at where it needs to go and there are no piers or stumps in the way.
I was thinking cutting of out the bricks with a demo saw and then etching out some of the mortar under the top row of bricks and then inserting a galvanised lintel. I would then insert a treated pine frame inside the bricks and fit a door.

Can anyone see any problems in doing this as to the structural integrity of the house etc.

Thanks in advance
Turpy

[bugsy]

Id just cut a trap in a corner of a room .

move a cupboard or cabinet , get a circular saw and find the joists.
you can see the nails where the boards are nailed into the joists.
cut just on the inside of them.

3-4 boards long.
easy.

[Barry_White]

Hi all, I hope that someone can help.

I need to add another entry point to gain access under the house (on stumps). Brick veneer cladding.
For some reason the height between the ground and the joists is decreasing, or my "gut"
is getting a little bigger .

Any way, I've looked at where it needs to go and there are no piers or stumps in the way.
I was thinking cutting of out the bricks with a demo saw and then etching out some of the mortar under the top row of bricks and then inserting a galvanised lintel. I would then insert a treated pine frame inside the bricks and fit a door.

Can anyone see any problems in doing this as to the structural integrity of the house etc.

Thanks in advance
Turpy

Turpy

You wouldn't have any issues at all.

I used to do this all the time to install oil heaters with a bigger hole than what you would need and never had any problems and all I ever used was a galvanised angle iron leg from an oil heater tank to support the bricks.