Hi all,

I am building an extension, and am pondering how to fix the door into
the door opening. Its a 300mm cavity wall, with a 90mm deep door frame
recessed by 50mm to match the doors on the rest of the house. A quick
diagram is he

http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/dwtown...816 855730002

The manufacturers of the door say that I must put frame fixings
through the thinnest part of the frame, but that would be too close to
the inner edge of the blockwork to be sensible. I seem to recall
coming across a photo of something I think was called a `toothed
return'. Rather than putting a full height return off the leaf into
the cavity, just a few blocks are returned where the frame is to be
fixed:

http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/dwtown...13816586655810

Is this a sensible thing to do though? I can't remember where I saw
the photo, and whether there were any things to beware of if doing it,
so any advice or alternative suggestions would be welcome. It might
not even be called a toothed return, which may be why I can't find
anything about it again now.

thanks,

dan.

Hi Dan
Can you check your emails ... I've emailed you direct
Ash (Neil)

Ash wrote:
Hi Dan
Can you check your emails ... I've emailed you direct
Ash (Neil)

Ash,

Unless the conversation is private and off-topic, perhaps any reply relevant
to the post would better be posted within the group rather than e-mail, so
that others in a similar situation could also take advantage of how you
managed to overcome the problem - it would also leave a 'history' that
others could search for and avoid the re-writing of the answer many times.

Also, when replying to a post, it would be far easier to leave some of the
original content in so that there is a 'flow' of easily read information so
that the replies make sense - particularly if the thread is a long one - and
that avoids having to 'jump' back-and-fore between posts to find out what is
happening.

Sorry to be a little pedantic about this

Cash

On 13 Nov, 02:49, "Cash"
wrote:
Ash wrote:
Hi Dan
Can you check your emails ... I've emailed you direct
Ash (Neil)

Ash,

Unless the conversation is private and off-topic, perhaps any reply relevant
to the post would better be posted within the group rather than e-mail, so
that others in a similar situation could also take advantage of how you
managed to overcome the problem.

Neil kindly pointed out a problem with the URLs that I supplied, that
I have now corrected. Nothing to do with the query that I was asking
about.

regards,

dan.

On 12 Nov, 20:29, dent wrote:

I seem to recall
coming across a photo of something I think was called a `toothed
return'.

This is nature's way of giving you an excuse to buy one of those
Arbortech saws...

"dent" wrote in message
...
Hi all,

I am building an extension, and am pondering how to fix the door into
the door opening. Its a 300mm cavity wall, with a 90mm deep door frame
recessed by 50mm to match the doors on the rest of the house. A quick
diagram is he







Could you build the frame in as you go?
Then you could use these:

http://www.screwfix.com/prods/31633/...ies-Pack-of-25

Screw end goes into the frame,and the other end is sandwiched into a mortar
joint.
No unsightly screw holes on the visible faces of the frame.

mark

On 13 Nov, 11:53, "mark" wrote:
"dent" wrote in message

...

Hi all,

I am building an extension, and am pondering how to fix the door into
the door opening. Its a 300mm cavity wall, with a 90mm deep door frame
recessed by 50mm to match the doors on the rest of the house. A quick
diagram is he

Could you build the frame in as you go?
Then you could use these:

http://www.screwfix.com/prods/31633/...ies-Pack-of-25

Screw end goes into the frame,and the other end is sandwiched into a mortar
joint.
No unsightly screw holes on the visible faces of the frame.

mark

Thanks, Mark. I hadn't come across those before, and that looks like
an easy solution.

dan.