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I want to put a door, about H90cm x W40cm in a section of timber
stud/plasterboard, to give access for storage to the void behind. The void is encased in insulation board, so it doesn't need to be the last word in airtightness. I keep thinking about doing it, looking, head scratching, but don't know where to start. I've got lots of odd bits of timber for a frame, but I'm not sure how to go about it all. I'm not completely clueless - I did put the partition in, and have done quite a bit of mild joinery. Any ideas please? A sort of scheme of work would be much appreciated! -- Cheers, Rob |
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"RJH" wrote in message ... I want to put a door, about H90cm x W40cm in a section of timber stud/plasterboard, to give access for storage to the void behind. The void is encased in insulation board, so it doesn't need to be the last word in airtightness. I keep thinking about doing it, looking, head scratching, but don't know where to start. I've got lots of odd bits of timber for a frame, but I'm not sure how to go about it all. I'm not completely clueless - I did put the partition in, and have done quite a bit of mild joinery. Any ideas please? A sort of scheme of work would be much appreciated! find out how wide the centres of the studding are, this will be the width of your opening, unless you want to cut the upright stud off, then it will be twice this width, but if you wanted to, you could make a frame to suit. Personally, I'd make it the width you've already got, which is likely to be 400mm. Once you've decided what width you are having it, mark it out all the way around and cut the plasterboard out using a stanley knife and an old saw, don't go berserk but you don't need to be over-carefull as you can put architrave around later. Make and fit your frame. Make and fit your door. |
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On Tue, 14 Jul 2015 19:14:56 +0100, RJH wrote:
I want to put a door, about H90cm x W40cm in a section of timber stud/plasterboard, to give access for storage to the void behind. The void is encased in insulation board, so it doesn't need to be the last word in airtightness. I keep thinking about doing it, looking, head scratching, but don't know where to start. I've got lots of odd bits of timber for a frame, but I'm not sure how to go about it all. I'm not completely clueless - I did put the partition in, and have done quite a bit of mild joinery. Any ideas please? A sort of scheme of work would be much appreciated! buy an access panel ? steve |
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On Tuesday, 14 July 2015 20:48:14 UTC+1, Phil L wrote:
"RJH" wrote in message ... I want to put a door, about H90cm x W40cm in a section of timber stud/plasterboard, to give access for storage to the void behind. The void is encased in insulation board, so it doesn't need to be the last word in airtightness. I keep thinking about doing it, looking, head scratching, but don't know where to start. I've got lots of odd bits of timber for a frame, but I'm not sure how to go about it all. I'm not completely clueless - I did put the partition in, and have done quite a bit of mild joinery. Any ideas please? A sort of scheme of work would be much appreciated! cut PB back to the stud each side fit crosspieces top & bottom fit planed timber as lining fit door, door liner, catch don't go berserk spoilsport! NT |
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On 7/14/2015 7:14 PM, RJH wrote:
I want to put a door, about H90cm x W40cm in a section of timber stud/plasterboard, to give access for storage to the void behind. The If you want to store stuff in the storage space, I would make it wider than 40cm - else you will have difficulty getting anything worthwhile in there! void is encased in insulation board, so it doesn't need to be the last word in airtightness. I keep thinking about doing it, looking, head scratching, but don't know where to start. I've got lots of odd bits of timber for a frame, but I'm not sure how to go about it all. I'm not completely clueless - I did put the partition in, and have done quite a bit of mild joinery. Any ideas please? A sort of scheme of work would be much appreciated! Decide roughly where you want it. Make a hole though the wall somewhere in the proposed door space. This will let you see where the studs are, and mark out where to cut the plasterboard. You want the left hand edge cut flush to the right side of a stud, and the right side cut flush to the left of a stud 2 over to the right from the first (so your gap will be twice the stud spacing - typically 800mm ish). Cut the top about 1" higher than where you want the top of the door. Now cut out the middle stud, and chop the top off behind the plasterboard about 2" higher than the cut you made in the top of the plasterboard. You can now use the bit you just cut out to trim to length and put back a horizontal timber to make the top of the door way. It will also give you something to fix the top of the cut stud back to. A bit like the header above the door in the picture he http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php?...rs_.2F_Windows Once done you should have an opening looking like: http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php?...dyForFrame.png Now you can fit a door lining (aka door frame): http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php?...ameInPlace.png Then just follow the steps to fit the door: http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php?...ing_the_lining -- Cheers, John. /================================================== ===============\ | Internode Ltd - http://www.internode.co.uk | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | John Rumm - john(at)internode(dot)co(dot)uk | \================================================= ================/ |
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On 15/07/2015 03:36, John Rumm wrote:
On 7/14/2015 7:14 PM, RJH wrote: I want to put a door, about H90cm x W40cm in a section of timber stud/plasterboard, to give access for storage to the void behind. The If you want to store stuff in the storage space, I would make it wider than 40cm - else you will have difficulty getting anything worthwhile in there! void is encased in insulation board, so it doesn't need to be the last word in airtightness. I keep thinking about doing it, looking, head scratching, but don't know where to start. I've got lots of odd bits of timber for a frame, but I'm not sure how to go about it all. I'm not completely clueless - I did put the partition in, and have done quite a bit of mild joinery. Any ideas please? A sort of scheme of work would be much appreciated! Decide roughly where you want it. Make a hole though the wall somewhere in the proposed door space. This will let you see where the studs are, and mark out where to cut the plasterboard. You want the left hand edge cut flush to the right side of a stud, and the right side cut flush to the left of a stud 2 over to the right from the first (so your gap will be twice the stud spacing - typically 800mm ish). Cut the top about 1" higher than where you want the top of the door. Now cut out the middle stud, and chop the top off behind the plasterboard about 2" higher than the cut you made in the top of the plasterboard. You can now use the bit you just cut out to trim to length and put back a horizontal timber to make the top of the door way. It will also give you something to fix the top of the cut stud back to. A bit like the header above the door in the picture he http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php?...rs_.2F_Windows Once done you should have an opening looking like: http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php?...dyForFrame.png Now you can fit a door lining (aka door frame): http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php?...ameInPlace.png Then just follow the steps to fit the door: http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php?...ing_the_lining Splendid - thanks very much indeed. -- Cheers, Rob |
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On 15/07/2015 23:11, RJH wrote:
On 15/07/2015 03:36, John Rumm wrote: On 7/14/2015 7:14 PM, RJH wrote: I want to put a door, about H90cm x W40cm in a section of timber stud/plasterboard, to give access for storage to the void behind. The If you want to store stuff in the storage space, I would make it wider than 40cm - else you will have difficulty getting anything worthwhile in there! void is encased in insulation board, so it doesn't need to be the last word in airtightness. I keep thinking about doing it, looking, head scratching, but don't know where to start. I've got lots of odd bits of timber for a frame, but I'm not sure how to go about it all. I'm not completely clueless - I did put the partition in, and have done quite a bit of mild joinery. Any ideas please? A sort of scheme of work would be much appreciated! Decide roughly where you want it. Make a hole though the wall somewhere in the proposed door space. This will let you see where the studs are, and mark out where to cut the plasterboard. You want the left hand edge cut flush to the right side of a stud, and the right side cut flush to the left of a stud 2 over to the right from the first (so your gap will be twice the stud spacing - typically 800mm ish). Cut the top about 1" higher than where you want the top of the door. Now cut out the middle stud, and chop the top off behind the plasterboard about 2" higher than the cut you made in the top of the plasterboard. You can now use the bit you just cut out to trim to length and put back a horizontal timber to make the top of the door way. It will also give you something to fix the top of the cut stud back to. A bit like the header above the door in the picture he http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php?...rs_.2F_Windows Once done you should have an opening looking like: http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php?...dyForFrame.png Now you can fit a door lining (aka door frame): http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php?...ameInPlace.png Then just follow the steps to fit the door: http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php?...ing_the_lining Splendid - thanks very much indeed. Just one thought which occurred to me. If you make the opening two studs wide, as suggested by others, it may look better - and wouldn't take up as much room space with the door(s) open - if you were to make a pair of half-width doors rather than a single wide door. -- Cheers, Roger ____________ Please reply to Newsgroup. Whilst email address is valid, it is seldom checked. |
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