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Hi everyone,
Got a bit of an urgent one here. I am having French doors fitted this Friday (20th Nov), the frame etc is already ordered and made to a specific height measured by the installers.
I have cut out the hole ready, its a bungalow with inner leaf supporting wall plate on a new steel fitted by me (new opening is wider than window that was there).
Its the outer leaf that is doing my head in, the guy who measured it took if from floor level internally and to the level of the soffet board under the eaves. Thing is now I have the hole cut I either go with their measurements but I think the threshold is too high (30 mm sill + 65mm frame) PLUS the natural break on the outer course is higher than the floor level by about 20mm so its also not going to fit OR I remove an extra course of bricks which will make the threshold much lower and better but it leaves me with a 60mm gap between the top of the frame and the underside of the soffet board under the eaves.
All I can think of is fitting a L shaped steel lintel on the outer leaf, bricking it with a row of bricks and dashing it up.
Any suggestions ??
Got a bit of an urgent one here. I am having French doors fitted this Friday (20th Nov), the frame etc is already ordered and made to a specific height measured by the installers.
I have cut out the hole ready, its a bungalow with inner leaf supporting wall plate on a new steel fitted by me (new opening is wider than window that was there).
Its the outer leaf that is doing my head in, the guy who measured it took if from floor level internally and to the level of the soffet board under the eaves. Thing is now I have the hole cut I either go with their measurements but I think the threshold is too high (30 mm sill + 65mm frame) PLUS the natural break on the outer course is higher than the floor level by about 20mm so its also not going to fit OR I remove an extra course of bricks which will make the threshold much lower and better but it leaves me with a 60mm gap between the top of the frame and the underside of the soffet board under the eaves.
All I can think of is fitting a L shaped steel lintel on the outer leaf, bricking it with a row of bricks and dashing it up.
Any suggestions ??