Extend internal bricck wall.

[baileyswalk]

I've got a cupboard in the upstairs hall that I'd like to turn into a small bathroom. I'm planning on knocking away the wall (more just a door surround) with the door and then extend the remaining wall to run across the hall and incorporate a door frame.

What's the best way to do this... I can't really find much info or previous examples. Would it be better using bricks could I add a stud wall, given that space is at a premium here I could really do without widening the wall.

Here's a pic of it as it is now to make things clearer:

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• baileyswalk
• 14 Jan 2015
• 1

 

[noseall]

Bathroom?

You can re-model using stud walls, yes. I take it the walls in view are not doing any work in the loft space?

 

[baileyswalk]

Well, shower room, not bathroom. I've had a fitter look at it who is going to do the actual work but was going to prepare the space myself to save some money - how do you tie a stud wall in to the brick work, would it not be wider than the original wall?

 

[noseall]

how do you tie a stud wall in to the brick work

Drill, plug and screw it. Fix to any available ceiling timbers and floor timbers also. watch out for pipes.

would it not be wider than the original wall?

I have no idea how wide the original wall is nor do I know what size timber you intend using.