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Thanks - I've just realised my question has ajready been answered by you. If I'm using 4x2 and 12mm plasterboard I'll need a 5 & 1/4 inch liner. And the one which is 1981 x 762 in size. When building the frame for the door lining to fix to do you think I'm better making the frame to fit the...

Also what depth will my door lining need to be? ...I'm using 4x2 stud work and I understand that my door lining will need to be more or less flush with the plasterboard and plaster. So if allow 15mm each side if the stud wall for plasterboard and plaster plus the width of the stud wall what...

Would this door lining kit work? http://m.wickes.co.uk/Softwood-Door-Lining-32x132mm/p/180129

I measured my door today. Seems an odd size as it measured 1970mm x 755mm x 35mm

Ok - I'll measure my door tomorrow and come back to you to establish what size door lining I need. I can then but that, construct it and then I'll know what size frame to build in my stud wall as you say. Many thanks

Yes I did read a out timbers being wedged into mortor joints. I guess whichever method I use to fix the sides of the frame as long as I secure the footer and header well and screw the sides into header and footer then it eint matter too much if the sides are not secured as well

Thank you very much for the advice. I also have to fix the base timber to a steel joist. I was going to bolt the timber to the steel, but instead of cutting holes in steel (is ok because I asked my structural engineer) I could use stixall instead?

I need to fix an old Victorian door which I have kept into a new stud wall I will be building but am just trying to learn the best way to go about it.... I have removed all the old architrave. Do I just need to measure the old door lining and buy a new door lining kit? Then build a frame in...

I am building a stud wall and need to fix the 4x2 timber to the masonry wall. However my bricks are soft and so is the lime mortar. My bricks are similar to the ones below and have many holes in so each time I drill into them they just crack, Any suggestions on the best type of fixing I...

I cannot fully understand why the damp us occurring although it never reaches more than a foot, the house is on a solid chalk substrate so it should in theory drain well. I am wanting to find the route cause of the damp or at least try to understand it so koan to call an independent damp...

I own a Victorian property, 9 inch solid brick, no cavity and lime mortar. I have had issues with damp, I've hacked off plaster to 1.2 meters and allowed walls to dry out. I do not want to use bonding or modern gypsum plasters as these absorb to much moister and will show damp. I do not...

Finished job. I sat two trimmers side by side in the end of the full width of the 100mm brick and used joist hangers to secure everywhere else. Feels secure.

Thank you Simon and old buffer for your detailed advice. I do have a Worcester greenstar boiler but am not sure if it's aluminium. My current flow rate is 14, by upgrading to my own mains connection what new flow rate and pressure could I expect? (I realise this maybe difficult to...

What I've done so far.

I have cut out the pocket and and ready to cut the wood. I just wondered if the 50mm deep pocket I have cut is sufficient or whrher the trimmer needed to fit on the full width of the 100mm wide brick?