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Windows & Door fitting

New bifold door - Should you fill gaps in brickwork before putting plasterboard on?

Anonymous user 03/03/2024 - 3.44 PM

Builders knocked out a wall pretty quickly for the bifold doors to be installed. Installation looks nice, but tapping on the plaster board surround of the bifold doors, I hear lots of hollow sounds. I had asked the builder to make sure he squared up the gaps in the internal brickwork before putting on plasterboard, but he obviously hasn't. I asked him about this and he tells me that's how it's done. I don't have anything to worry about. But it feels a little odd just to stick plasterboard on brickwork made patchy as a result of surrounding bricks getting knocked out. Should the builder have filled the gaps in the brickwork before putting plaster board on, or is it completely unecessary? Thanks!

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4 Answers

Dorset double glazing repairs

Rating: 5 out of 5
Christchurch
He hasn’t done anything wrong most people knock out wall and dot and dab plasterboard straight on
Answered2 November 2022
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SD Joinery and Building

Rating: 5 out of 5
Blackburn
Nothing wrong with what the builder has done. Plasterboard straight onto the brickwork to make the reveals square and smooth 👍
Answered2 November 2022
1

Independent installers

Rating: 5 out of 5
Canterbury
As long as there is cavity closer, (cavity wall) sticking the board should be fine.. Obviously it will need to be sealed outside.
Answered2 November 2022
1

Anonymous user

I am not a builder, but personally It should have been a clean cut through the brick
Answered9 November 2022
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