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Bricklaying & Repointing

Crack in supporting wall after door-frame change and gap above frame

Anonymous user 23/02/2024 - 3.13 PM

We had a doorframe removed, re-fitted and lowered following removal of a doorstep between a previous exterior wall from the kitchen to a utility room extension. The house was built in 1909 and the extension was built in the 1990s. Lowering the door-frame has left a 3cm gap above the doorframe and resulted in a crack appearing in the wall above the door. The carpenter didn't flag this with us so we were surprised when we saw the resulting gap. We need advice on what to do with the gap and what we should fill the gap with. The crack hasn't got worse in the last couple of days but we're keen to get this sorted asap. It would be easier to explain with a photo but there's no way of uploading a photo on here unfortunately! I've posted this as a separate job as well which shows photos. Thanks very much for your advice

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ADR Property Maintenance

Rating: 5 out of 5

Boston

sound like you've removed a door frame without supporting the brickwork above, you will need a lintel above the door to support the brickwork depending on what its supporting will depend on what is required , you'll need a structural engineer to do the calculations, your joiner should have made you aware of this possibility especially in an old house where the woodwork was quite regulatory used as a support . good luck Alex

Answered10 November 2017

Anonymous user

first make sure there is a correct concrete lintol installed over the re fitted door frame, as a property built in 1909 may not have sufficient lintols above openings. Door frames should be up tight to the lintol with no gap, if lintol has been installed its easily rectified just pack out gap with timber and fit architrave, the crack is probably settlement which if its not getting any wider can be filled, rubbed down and painted. Darren C.H.A.P.S Cornish homes and property services

Answered10 November 2017