Fitting french doors

[colezyboy]

I need help with my extension. As you can see from the pictures it's old and rotten. I would like to fit some french doors in the middle and block up each side and around the top of the French doors. Any suggestions on how to do this would be very much appreciated.

Thank you

P.S
I will be doing the work my self but I have never done any block work.
Other ideas are welcome.
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[noseall]

I'm not seeing french doors or Spanish ships for that matter.

 

[colezyboy]

Now do you see my problem?

 

[noseall]

Crikey, somebody has fitted a top hung door as some kind of crazy window!

Oh no, I just need to turn my head sideways.

Can you re-orientate the photo so I don't break my neck please?

 

[tony1851]

I need help with my extension. As you can see from the pictures it's old and rotten.

Then why not demolish it and start again? - the French doors will probably pull it over anyway.

 

[colezyboy]

I will be. But how should I block the sides and around the top of the door. Single skin, double skin or build it out of wood and then render it. If I use blocks do I tie them in to the existing. Or could I use aircrete blocks?

 

[noseall]

I will be. But how should I block the sides and around the top of the door. Single skin, double skin or build it out of wood and then render it. If I use blocks do I tie them in to the existing. Or could I use aircrete blocks?

It depends upon the scale of demolition and/or the standard of what remains.

There is no point in faffing about tarting up just one elevation if the rest of the sides, floor and roof are all low spec'.

Everything can be tied together using mechanical anchors, ties, brackets etc. Nae bother there.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

I need help with my extension. As you can see from the pictures it's old and rotten. I would like to fit some french doors in the middle and block up each side and around the top of the French doors. Any suggestions on how to do this would be very much appreciated.

That should be way down your list of priorities.

#1 task is to get your house upright - it's lying on its side.

Once you've got it the right way up, then you can start to think about alterations.