In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Stuart Noble wrote:

Roger Mills wrote:
In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Stuart Noble wrote:

Have just acquired an Everest white aluminium door which I thought I
might use to replace my ageing wooden back door. 30mm glazing, so
can't be that old.
It comes with an aly surround, but this doesn't have enough rigidity
to call it a frame. I imagine I'm going to have to construct
something out of wood to take it, but in many ways it would be
easier to fix the surround directly to the masonry top and bottom.
Is there any reason why this isn't a good idea?

Most recent aluminium doors come with frames which are designed to
fix straight to brickwork - but previously (20 years ago?) they
invariably had (and needed) hardwood frames between the bricks and
the aluminium. How old is the door which you have acquired?

No idea of the age, except that the glazed panels are 30mm, suggesting
it's fairly recent. It's also in pretty good condition generally.



Not a great picture but it's chucking it down out there


Well it's thermal break - so that's a good start.

However, the frame bit looks like it's basically a C section, which is flat
on the back of the bit shown. Is that correct? If so, it's meant to go into
a hardwood frame. If it was meant to go straight to brickwork it would have
an H section, with the 'legs' contacting the bricks.
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Cheers,
Roger
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