Hi all
Been a lurker for a while but sadly posting here in this forum due to some builders that did some work for me but have since been sacked due to lack of quality work and time keeping.
Essentially we have an issue with our UPVC doors in a brick extension - the steel lintel for these is positioned a course of bricks too high so the door fitters are now having to look at packing the void with extensions as we can't get bespoke doors to fit. We have two doors with this issue - a 2.4m set of French doors and an standard width door - both on the same side of the wall.
Was wondering if we should consider instead removing the partly fitted doors and have the existing steel lintels removed and replaced with new ones that are at the right level.
I'm trying to gauge if this is possible as I am not clear on what brickwork needs to be removed in this scenario before calling out some trusted builders to quote on such a job.
Cheers for any advice!
ps. we could of course live with the problem by using extensions to make up the gap but any alternatives are being considered while we can.
Been a lurker for a while but sadly posting here in this forum due to some builders that did some work for me but have since been sacked due to lack of quality work and time keeping.
Essentially we have an issue with our UPVC doors in a brick extension - the steel lintel for these is positioned a course of bricks too high so the door fitters are now having to look at packing the void with extensions as we can't get bespoke doors to fit. We have two doors with this issue - a 2.4m set of French doors and an standard width door - both on the same side of the wall.
Was wondering if we should consider instead removing the partly fitted doors and have the existing steel lintels removed and replaced with new ones that are at the right level.
I'm trying to gauge if this is possible as I am not clear on what brickwork needs to be removed in this scenario before calling out some trusted builders to quote on such a job.
Cheers for any advice!
ps. we could of course live with the problem by using extensions to make up the gap but any alternatives are being considered while we can.