The Brew Cabin

Posted: **Wed Apr 04, 2012 8:26 pm**

I want to fit a standard external door in the side of my garage so I can enter and exit without opening the main doors.

The garage is detached and all it's walls are external load bearing walls. Firstly, do I need planning permission? If not, is it doable for a capable but inexperienced bloke to do it perfect, without incident first time?

If so, any advice?

I'm confident I could cut out the brickwork and fit the door etc, it's the building not collapsing I'm not so sure about.

The other question is.. can it be done in a day. I have all my tools in there and I don't want to leave the garage open over night!

I want a basic solid wooden door, no frills. I would imagine I have to brace the wall in some way. How would I go about this. Also how do I reinforce it for the door way so it looks nice and tidy. I have heard of angle irons being used but is that enough. They don't look very robust to me.

Thanks in advance

Posted: **Wed Apr 04, 2012 8:37 pm**

you need a suitable lintel, an external door frame,fixings ironmongery,a door ,a steady hand on the stihl saw

TBH if i do a door in a day I normally have a chipie to fix the fram and hang the door after i have cut the opening and installed the lintel

the fact that you are asking is of no little concern to me FB
start early
LLL

Posted: **Wed Apr 04, 2012 8:46 pm**

So you're saying it can be done then

A suitable lintel? This is the bit that confuses me! I figured a lintel would be strong but I've only ever seen concrete ones. The wall is just a single brick wall so it would look wrong if there was a concrete lintel above the doorway. I guess you take out this part first, fit the lintel and then start cutting away bricks.

So wish I'd got into all this stuff in my 20s. Cheers, I'll research lintels.

Posted: **Wed Apr 04, 2012 8:50 pm**

Ahh what I thought was some kind of angle iron was in fact a lintel. I see, so cut out the mortar joints required and slide that sucker in there first.

Posted: **Wed Apr 04, 2012 8:52 pm**

you would need a lintel shaped like a L. would be about Â£30. door Â£50, frame Â£40. the only thing with just cutting the bricks out is you will see cut bricks, but will be ok.

Posted: **Wed Apr 04, 2012 8:59 pm**

Thanks.

How else could it be done other than leaving visibly cut bricks. I figured that I could run verticly down mortar joints and adjust the frame accordingly and only the half bricks would be visibly cut. What are the options?

Posted: **Wed Apr 04, 2012 9:05 pm**

its called an L10 lintel probably 1200 mm long
you do your vertical cuts first then do the lintel
dont worry about the cut edges quadrant or mastic will cover them
and avoid cutting near perps,better to cut through brick
LLL

Posted: **Wed Apr 04, 2012 9:07 pm**

Thanks alot

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