Hello all,
Hoping for some advice to prepare getting a bifold door fitted. The bifold will be fitted by a pro.
The existing opening has a door and small wall under the side window, as below.
The width of the opening is 80", approx 203cm.
It looks like an easy size of bifold to source is 6'.
I'd like to avoid an expensive custom made bifold, and was thinking I could close the gap by approx 20cm and use a standard door.
I was thinking of cutting medium density blocks and building up a column of them against the right hand edge in the picture. Rather than key/tooth? in the bricks, I was going to strip the plaster to reveal the brickwork on the side and then use very long screws put into wall and sunk in the mortar between each piece of new block . A wall starter seemed overkill for a line that will have a frame against it too.
Is this a sensible course of action?
How would you guys handle it?
Hoping for some advice to prepare getting a bifold door fitted. The bifold will be fitted by a pro.
The existing opening has a door and small wall under the side window, as below.
The width of the opening is 80", approx 203cm.
It looks like an easy size of bifold to source is 6'.
I'd like to avoid an expensive custom made bifold, and was thinking I could close the gap by approx 20cm and use a standard door.
I was thinking of cutting medium density blocks and building up a column of them against the right hand edge in the picture. Rather than key/tooth? in the bricks, I was going to strip the plaster to reveal the brickwork on the side and then use very long screws put into wall and sunk in the mortar between each piece of new block . A wall starter seemed overkill for a line that will have a frame against it too.
Is this a sensible course of action?
How would you guys handle it?