Blocking In An Garage Door Exterior Block Wall

If i rip out the jamb there will only be concrete block in the opening.

Blocking in an garage door exterior block wall.

Has anybody ever installed an entry door in a block wall without wood framing in the opening. Blocking up a garage door and water the drain would go on the exterior. Now that there will be a block wall waterproof it and put in a tile next to the footing then berm it up so that it slopes away from the building. In this video i m blocking up the garage door as part of my workshop upgrade to v2 0.

Obviously when laying the blocks in the opening they should be laid to allow the new plaster to be put on both sides to the same thickness as the existing plaster. In part 3 of my workshop upgrade i m blocking up a garage door. I don t use the garage door on the workshop side it lets in a huge dr. Or more requires only one row of blocking.

I looked at a door today in a garage that was installed right in the 2 6 frame. Most internal walls are 4 inches or 100mm thick with 12mm of plaster stuck on each side. Since the new wall is now the exterior wall what is outside of it can be disregarded in reality. If the three exterior walls are brick and he builds a cinder block wall across the one end where the oh door is how is the new wall any different than the existing exterior walls other than the new material is slightly different cinder block.

The blocking shown in figure 1 is also applicable to 15 32 plywood siding span rated 16 o c applied over studs spaced 24 o c. Two horizontal rows of blocking are recommended except that 19 32 siding with grooves spaced 8 o c. This greatly helps sound insulation heat insulation and gives me an extra wall to put stuff on. This will allow you to get a smooth finish where the new plaster meets the old plaster.

How i block continue reading how to block up a garage door making a small workshop part 3.