Hello
We've had a half wall and timber door/window taken down which has resulted in a gap in the floor and the wall. I'm considering DIY'ing a bifold door in here, but unsure as to how to make the cavity good to accept the frame?
If I close off the cavity in the wall with bricks, that will create thermal bridging won't it?
Does the frame sit "in" the cavity, between the two leafs, or attached to the external leaf? We have a large slider door in the adjacent room and thats set back from the outer leaf, and appears to sit in the cavity, but i'm not sure what its attached to?
At the top of this photo, you can see the gap that the original frame sat in, and thats inline with the cavity. It just seems to be blocked off with thermalite blocks. Should I do the same for the lower half?
For this trench, i'm going to put a DPM sheet in and then fill with mortar - is that ok?
Thanks
We've had a half wall and timber door/window taken down which has resulted in a gap in the floor and the wall. I'm considering DIY'ing a bifold door in here, but unsure as to how to make the cavity good to accept the frame?
If I close off the cavity in the wall with bricks, that will create thermal bridging won't it?
Does the frame sit "in" the cavity, between the two leafs, or attached to the external leaf? We have a large slider door in the adjacent room and thats set back from the outer leaf, and appears to sit in the cavity, but i'm not sure what its attached to?
At the top of this photo, you can see the gap that the original frame sat in, and thats inline with the cavity. It just seems to be blocked off with thermalite blocks. Should I do the same for the lower half?
For this trench, i'm going to put a DPM sheet in and then fill with mortar - is that ok?
Thanks