Installing a personnel door in brick built garage

Supermop

Hi everyone,

Does anyone have a guide price as to how much it would be to install a uPVC personnel door into a brick built garage?

Thanks!

ian103

depends on the garage construction - bick / concrete / type of roof / single or cavity wall etc. will a lintol be required, do piers need to be built against wall to add strength

Supermop

ian103 wrote: »

depends on the garage construction - bick / concrete / type of roof / single or cavity wall etc. will a lintol be required, do piers need to be built against wall to add strength

Hi Ian,

Thanks for the response and sorry for my delay in responding. It's a single brick wall, semi-detached garage with a flat roof. There's just an up-and-over metal vehicular access door at the moment, to the rear lane. It would be a lot more convenient access if there was also a personnel door from the garden. I'm guessing that a lintel would be required, but I don't know about the piers. I would just like a ballpark estimation before I bother a builder for a quote, in case it's more than I can afford. Thanks!

cyclonebri1

Depending on the height it may be a cheaper option to go for a door with a sky light and take the frame all the way up to the wall plate.

Again re piers, it would be best left to the builder to consider but I'm pretty sure if you put the door near, not up to, a corner, rather than mid wall you would get away with a reinforcing pier on 1 side ot the door only.

The 1 thing I would say is try to get a mis measured door off ebay, it's surprising how many come up on there. Wouldn't normally recommend supplying for your builder but in this case it would seem there may be savings as the door width can be cut to suit.

Supermop

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

Depending on the height it may be a cheaper option to go for a door with a sky light and take the frame all the way up to the wall plate.

Again re piers, it would be best left to the builder to consider but I'm pretty sure if you put the door near, not up to, a corner, rather than mid wall you would get away with a reinforcing pier on 1 side ot the door only.

The 1 thing I would say is try to get a mis measured door off ebay, it's surprising how many come up on there. Wouldn't normally recommend supplying for your builder but in this case it would seem there may be savings as the door width can be cut to suit.

Thanks, that's really helpful! :T

ian103

If you want a door in the rear, then as suggested above assuming the roof is supported off the side walls then I would agree saw cut the wall upto roof level about 0.5m away from a corner and again the other side of the door, I would then suggest fixing wall starter (crocodile strip) to the wall and reinforce the wall with a blockwork pier. The door opening can then be knocked out and a door fixed in position, either a glazed panel of board up above it should look OK. Remember the door should really be set about ground level if you can.