Making good around patio doors

[litho]

We're at the stage of wanting to decorate the lounge in our new house. The previous owners had uPVC patio doors installed/fitted and, as seems the norm in this house, the installer used wide strips of uPVC to cover the damaged plaster/joins.

I plan on removing these and making good the missing areas but from what I can see the gaps are huge - 2-3 inches wide and the full height. The frame has been fitted to the outside course of the cavity wall and the cavity itself will be/is open.

What is the best way to bridge the gap and make good the internal plasterwork? What should I use and how do I go about filling such a large expanse? Will I need any metalwork to act as a base for whatever I use, I'm assuming I'm going to need far more than just plaster. How deep should I go (sideways) into the cavity? I'm bridging the cavity, do I have a problem in the making?

I didn't have this is my last property, the windows were made good without the need for the extra uPVC to bridge/cover up the gaps so I have no experience in this. Any/all help and advice welcome.

Kim

 

[spookyace]

We're at the stage of wanting to decorate the lounge in our new house. The previous owners had uPVC patio doors installed/fitted and, as seems the norm in this house, the installer used wide strips of uPVC to cover the damaged plaster/joins.

I plan on removing these and making good the missing areas but from what I can see the gaps are huge - 2-3 inches wide and the full height. The frame has been fitted to the outside course of the cavity wall and the cavity itself will be/is open.

What is the best way to bridge the gap and make good the internal plasterwork? What should I use and how do I go about filling such a large expanse? Will I need any metalwork to act as a base for whatever I use, I'm assuming I'm going to need far more than just plaster. How deep should I go (sideways) into the cavity? I'm bridging the cavity, do I have a problem in the making?

I didn't have this is my last property, the windows were made good without the need for the extra uPVC to bridge/cover up the gaps so I have no experience in this. Any/all help and advice welcome.

Kim

sand and cement pva first if gaps realy big use bits of brick plaster after

 

[trowelmonkey1]

or get a bag of hardwall, wet the wall down first, then fill it with the hardwall, when it sets to a cheesy firmness, scrape/cut it back a couple of mm then use easifill to fill it flush with the existing wall and sand it smooth.

 

[danielrobson]

could you not fill the gap with expanding foam?? thats what we done when i was on the windows and doors

 

[Alastairreid]

Cavity closers

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• Alastairreid
• 3 Nov 2010
• 1

http://www.oriontrent.co.uk/show_prod.asp?ProdID=608&CatID=34&SubCatID=61

 

[trowelmonkey1]

oh, cavity!! i misunderstood the question i thiink