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Originally Posted by scoobz
I'm new to the DIY game, but I'm hoping to a buy a house shortly, and somone has knocked a small window-sized hole (around 2'x3') through a brick wall between the kitchen and dining room, as kind of a pass-through.
However, all that is there at the moment is a rough hole. I will need to apply some cement to finish and sqare off the hole.
What would be the best way to do this? I would like to use cement and someone suggested using a timber frame which I can then fill with cement.
I have attached a quick picture of how it looks now, and how I would like it to look, but I'm not sure how I would apply a frame that I can fill with cement - especially the top part. Would the cement be firm enough to hold it's place in a verticle space if I just put in a sqaure frame and try to fill around it?
Can anyone give me some help or point me to some "how-to" sites for this kind of thing?
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First put a lintel in, then buy a bag of bonding plaster and some skim beads tell them you want it for internal plastering. Stick the beads to the edges with a little bonding, and when it's stuck render all edges just short of the beads with bonding. Finally use a small amount of multifinish plaster to make up the last few mil. get it as flat as possible but go back when it's nearly dry with a wet clean smooth float and press out the track marks (known as polishing).
Don't forget the lintel or you'll end up with a ton of bricks on your head one of these days.