Fitting A Door Frame To Brick

Door frames may range from solid wood to hollow steel.

Fitting a door frame to brick.

Tighten the screws until the heads are flush with the face of the timber frame. This will keep the frame sturdy while you fit it in the opening. Use a screw 1 inches longer than the thickness of your frame. Use chalk to mark the areas where you want to cut through the brick.

When placing a door in an opening these doors must be fastened to the base material that is present in this location. Use more wedges to get the jambs upright. Metal frames are typically installed before the brick or block is erected. Determine how tall and how wide you want the doorway to be.

If the wall you are fitting to is masonry you ll want to space the screws so they fall in the middle of the bricks or blocks instead because too close to the edge of a brick and it ll just split or shatter. Use a spirit level to get the sill perfectly horizontal. If you are going to install a door into the frame take into account the exact dimensions of the door when you make your measurements on the wall. For example a frame made of 2 by lumber would require a 3 inch concrete screw.

Measure the frame diagonals to ensure that the frame is perfectly square as diagram k. Drive a inch tapcon style concrete screw through each hole in the frame into the corresponding hole in the brick. The timber in the cavity was fixed to the frame first and used in addition to ties that were laid between the courses maybe 3 4 each side and the bricks were laid up to the timber batten. By screwing the frame in place you can adjust it by winding the screws in out later and wedging behind it.

Fit wedges under the sill to push it up against the lintel. To replace a steel frame in a masonry wall special anchors are used to fasten the frame to the surrounding brick or block. Most frequently this base material will be concrete brick or block and will require the use of special concrete fasteners. Because of their strength and durability steel door frames are often used in masonry walls in place of traditional wooden frames.

Use a spirit level repeatedly to check the vertical alignment. Insert the assembled frame into the opening. Before you make your first cut double check the measurements. In many retrofit applications however it is necessary to remove and replace existing frames in walls that are already in place.