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Hello all,
Apologies in advance if this is an obvious/ stupid question… if so, please advise if reasoning why.
I’m in the middle of ripping out a small room to make an open plan living/dining space.
I’m looking to open a new door into the bedroom and close off the current one, so will enter from the living room rather than hallway. This is so I can then utilise the space inside the bedroom better and make a built in wardrobe along the wall which currently has the bedroom/hallway door.
The area where I want to put the new door has had a door there once upon a time as I found out when removing some plaster. I am lacking in the storage department so I’d like to create built-in storage against the living/bedroom wall with the doorway within it. I have attached photos of the wall currently which can be seen that the door has been there at some point in time. I’ve also attached a photo of a design which shows what I am looking to achieve.
My question is that for making the built-in and attaching it to the walls (mixture of old 2.5” clinker blocks and new engineering bricks). Do I need to dot and dab plasterboard to the wall first before fitting the built-ins or is it OK to leave them bare? (I would tidy up the remaining plaster to make it all as flat as possible but I’m just wondering if there would be reason why it remaining bare clinker & brickwork wouldn’t be a good idea?
Thanks in advance! e_p
Apologies in advance if this is an obvious/ stupid question… if so, please advise if reasoning why.
I’m in the middle of ripping out a small room to make an open plan living/dining space.
I’m looking to open a new door into the bedroom and close off the current one, so will enter from the living room rather than hallway. This is so I can then utilise the space inside the bedroom better and make a built in wardrobe along the wall which currently has the bedroom/hallway door.
The area where I want to put the new door has had a door there once upon a time as I found out when removing some plaster. I am lacking in the storage department so I’d like to create built-in storage against the living/bedroom wall with the doorway within it. I have attached photos of the wall currently which can be seen that the door has been there at some point in time. I’ve also attached a photo of a design which shows what I am looking to achieve.
My question is that for making the built-in and attaching it to the walls (mixture of old 2.5” clinker blocks and new engineering bricks). Do I need to dot and dab plasterboard to the wall first before fitting the built-ins or is it OK to leave them bare? (I would tidy up the remaining plaster to make it all as flat as possible but I’m just wondering if there would be reason why it remaining bare clinker & brickwork wouldn’t be a good idea?
Thanks in advance! e_p
