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Repairing door opening

Halo Jones

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Strictly this isn't woodworking but is preparation for fitting a door so I hope it counts!

I am in the process of dividing a room and opened up an old doorway that had been boarded up. Removal of the studwork shows that the brickwork around the doorway is less than perfect and so I would like to make it good before I start putting the door surround back in. I have never done a job like this before and am not sure if I should just mix up some cement or use bonding plaster to make it good. Any ideas?
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I'd fill the big holes with a stiff mortar and make good anything that's going to be visible with plaster.
Is that beam "structural"?

Rod
 
Thanks Rod. The wooden beam isn't structural - there is a longer concrete lintel above it.
 
I'm not sure I'd fuss too much...depends on how big the holes are. Reason being that you're going to fit a door liner in that hole, I am assuming, and so that will cover over the holes. That assumes that there is sufficient support for the door lining such that when you fix it, it doesn't get pulled out of true due to insufficient support.

The architrave will cover any remaining gaps.
 
Part of the reason for doing a repair/fill is that I am not sure any kind of wall anchor used to attach the door lining would be be very secure in the block wall as it seems a little crumbly to me. At least if it was patched and levelled with something it would give a bit extra for the fixings to secure against.
 
Fit the door liner plumb, fill behind it with expanding foam. If the gap is too large then you can fill with stiff mortar etc to make it smaller. If bricks are crumbly a couple of rods (ie 6 inch nails) banged in an inch or so with 4-5" left to form a key will work well. You can also buy fancy wall ties that do the same job!

Although it is tempting to make good the wall before fitting the door liner, it will be much easier to get a good flush finish afterwards, especially with mortar. You can pack it against the liner then, which you cannot do beforehand.

Steve
 
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