Door opening

[Carlnorwich]

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• Carlnorwich
• 7 Nov 2013
• 1

I would like to create a doorway between 2 single garages. See the pic.

Can I go ahead and cut an opening, I don't believe the wall is load bearing?

Am I okay to use a piece of timber as a lintel as it won't be load bearing?

Many thanks.

 

[noseall]

Your biggest issue will be to stabilise the existing wall once you start bashing away at your new opening.

At the moment the wall is a connected bonded mass of block-work albeit lightweight aerated fellas. However, once you have inserted a door and weakened the structure you are going to have a potentially weak wall remaining.

It will be particularly vulnerable because of the dynamics of a door opening and closing or slamming!

I would be inclined to line the opening with a pair of 100mm x 50mm timbers, right up to the ceiling and form a connection with the ceiling truss chords whilst fixing into the blocks and possibly angle bracketed to the floor.

Then stick your frame into the opening formed by the timbers.

 

[Carlnorwich]

Great advice, thank you.