Building door frame

Grz.26

Hello, I have a little alcove that i want to put a door on, but there is no stud work there at the moment. How easy is it to build a door frame? and plasterboard the rest of it over? And what size wood do i use?

Im a competent Diy'er but just need to know what to be getting on with!

Tahnks in advance.

Richard

mkaibear

Grz.26 wrote: »

Hello, I have a little alcove that i want to put a door on, but there is no stud work there at the moment. How easy is it to build a door frame? and plasterboard the rest of it over? And what size wood do i use?

Im a competent Diy'er but just need to know what to be getting on with!

Tahnks in advance.

Richard

How big is the alcove (dimensions please!)? Do you want to put the door flush with the wall? Are you talking about putting a partition wall across the alcove and then putting a door in that partition wall?

ormus

3x2 timber for the studs.
the door opening is the door size plus the frame size, plus 6mm clearance. (top and side).

oz0707

measure alcove & come back then can tell you exactly what you can fit in. timber will be PSE finishing at 32mm thick. But you can use a rebated frame depending on size of appature

level200

i'm building a stud wall with a door opening, what do you mean by frame size?

Grz.26

Well the opening is 30 inches by 90 inches. it is a little space that i want am using for storage above the stairs.

ormus

door frame fixed to new studs.

oz0707

buy 5 metres of 32mm x 122mm ex 1 1/2" by 5" or a 2'3" door lining
1 no. 2'3" door and get some mdf to cover above frame. Also some quadrant or architrave to run up egde of fram. build frame to suit door, pack of existing wall. fix, run quad up, hang door job done

Grz.26

oz0707 wrote: »

buy 5 metres of 32mm x 122mm ex 1 1/2" by 5" or a 2'3" door lining
1 no. 2'3" door and get some mdf to cover above frame. Also some quadrant or architrave to run up egde of fram. build frame to suit door, pack of existing wall. fix, run quad up, hang door job done

sounds easy :huh: