On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 16:16:13 +0100, AlexW
wrote:

I assume that you mean that the frame goes around the timber as shown in
the section below (looking top down, timber = #, metal = +).

Each post is like this (Cross sectional view, looking down from the
top):


OUTSIDE

##
##+++++++++++ ___________________ _ _
##+++++++++++ |
##+++++++++++ | DOOR (CLOSED)
##+++++++++++ |
##+++++++++++ |___________________ _ _
##=============
##
##

INSIDE


Where ## is brickwork, == is metal and ++ is wooden post.

I suppose I could use a chisel but it will be a pig of a job as the
post is a little loose and the resulting cut will probably be uneven.

s