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Any thoughts on how I can seal up the door without bricking it up, it’s sub-flush of the wall so if I can just seal it up I can fix a stud wall over the top of it (I don’t care what is visible on the outside). My first thought is to screw the door shut (to the door frame) and use an external...

Thanks, I'll do some more internet searching before making any phone calls then. Do you (or anyone else) have any thoughts on whether my actual conversions plans are reasonable? I want to be able to price up what I'd need to do before taking it any further.

Excuse my ignorance but what do you mean? are you suggesting not speaking to them at all or speak to them after the work is done or speak to them once I know exactly what I plan to do?

I have a detached garage/workshop (built for a motorcycle judging by the width of door) which measures around 9ft x 16ft internally, its built from large hollow concrete blocks (roughly 400x200x200mm each in size), rendered on the outside, flat roof, has a large single glazed window, an 800mm...

Correct, It rotates fractionally but thats only the slack in the mechanism

I have a key stuck in my front door lock, the key is turned by 45 degrees so i cant remove it or the lock barrel (i know how to do this and have removed the screw from the side of the door) Luckily the key is on the inside (of the house) and i can still shut the door and lift the handle to...