When converting a window to a door (brick house) will you need bricks?

[Anonymous]

[horatiohornblower]

You made it sound like you are putting in a door not pouring in a window.

Since you are putting in a window to replace a door. If you don’t want it to look obvious. You’ll need bricks.

The big catch is the bricks themselves. Bricks from a store won’t match. You’ll need to find the exact same make of bricks. Plus a similar age and weathering. Like from a similar house where they are removing bricks for different siding.

Otherwise you’ll want to look around for the closest match you can. Brick masons may know companies with reclaimed bricks.

If your bricks are painted. life is much easier. As you just need a size match. Then repaint that wall.

If you don’t care about it looking obvious. just frame it up. Do all the underlayments and such. Then put up some Hardie siding.

[Asker]

No we are taking out the window and replacing it with a door. Exactly as I has described.

[Asker]

Converting window TO a door

[horatiohornblower]

Okay, because there was confusion between that and some of your comments to other members. In this thread.

Unless your house is really old. The brick is just acting as siding. As you remove the brick you're going to want to save as much as possible. I'd first mark a line below the window The width you need for your door opening. Then cut with a chop saw using a masonry blade.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aaN9vKGvhU&t=461s

Then you can remove the brick inside the cut. While minimizing the risk of dislodging anything outside the cut.

You'd also do this cutting anywhere else around the old window opening. If the door is wider or taller than the window.

Then you can cut out the framing and such around your window and build your door frame. Then fill in gaps in the brick work from the brick you carefully removed and cleaned of old mortar. Assuming the door is shorter or narrower than the window.

Be careful. There may be electrical, gas or water lines in the wall. You may also need to build a temporary support frame before taking out the window frame. To prevent damage to your structure.

There's plenty of videos on Youtube for building a door frame and hanging a door.
- Make sure you aren't doing it in a low spot. The threshold needs to be higher than any water will get. When it rains.
- Take your time sealing everything really well. To reduce energy costs and prevent water damage.
- As far as trimwork, threshold and everything exposed on the exterior goes. Don't use wood. That'll rot. Usually pretty quick because most of that crap is made of pine. They make plastic trim work, threshold and such. That'll look nice and may be painted. Use that stuff and you'll never have to worry about it rotting.
- Also use a metal door for the same reason.

[Asker]

They made a gap below the window ready for the door but the window is still intact for now. When the window guy comes and installs the door they will take the window out. This is a brick house so when the builder fixes up around the door after its installed do you think they will also need brick or other materials to make it look nice?

[horatiohornblower]

As long as they cut it out close enough for the decorative trim to go over the brick edge some. It should look fine.

[Asker]

I'm asking because the guy doing it i have a crush on and he had left some bricks in my garden and said he would remove it when he's back from vacation in a week. (They just completed a renovation on my house
His friend actually turned up today to get rid of lots of wood and boxes in my house that they had left. The guy I have a crush on told his friend to leave the bricks as they will need it for the door (he said he would get rid of it when he's back to me)

I'm just wondering if its an excuse to see me again?

[horatiohornblower]

He’s keeping them in case they need them. He won’t really know how many, if any. Will be needed. Although I’d store the leftovers. At least twenty of them. Somewhere in your house.

Just in case you need them for future repairs. Like I said. It’s tough to match old bricks. You should always do this with any flooring, tiling, masonry or painting work. Leaving it stacked up somewhere for yourself and the next home owners.

[Asker]

There are about 15 bricks. I just mean for the aftermath after they installed the door, will the builder that has to make it nice around the door again need any bricks
Not in the future but after they installed the door

[horatiohornblower]

He’s a construction guy. If you like him start cooking a really tasty lunch in the morning and offer him lunch. He’ll definitely take the offer if he likes you. If he isn’t really sure if he likes you and eats a tasty meal you made. It’ll certainly increase his interest.

[Asker]

What are the chances he will need bricks

[horatiohornblower]

They might. That’ll all depends on how it looks after it’s installed.

[horatiohornblower]

I’d say most likely they’ll use some.

[slatyb]

No, you will have some left over from the part of the wall that was removed.

[Asker]

I mean once the window has been put in, when you have to make it look all nice, will you need bricks or wood etc?

[slatyb]

Are you installing a window or a door? You will need a new frame for the door. If you don't know how to do this, you better do some studying or hire someone that does.

[Asker]

I meant door lol

[Asker]

We are replacing window with a door

[Asker]

Are bricks needed though

[Asker]

Are they?

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

Most likely you will need bricks when converting a window to a door

[Asker]

I mean once the window has been put in, when you have to make it look all nice, will you need bricks or wood etc?

Where and when are the bricks needed?

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

Do you want to convert a Door to a Window? Or the other way around?

[Asker]

Window to a door!! Sorry haha

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

I would think to save the bricks and reusing them to place them where the Window frame used to be would look much better

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

Instead of going out and finding new brick that won't match your house

[Asker]

So bricks are needed

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

Yeah would look better I suppose

[anylolone]

Depends on the size of the window compared to the door and the damage of taking it out.

[Razp_Sorbet]

Probably be better to ask a builder

[Asker]

Well I'm asking you

[Razp_Sorbet]

I'm not a builder so I'm not certified to answer this question

[Asker]

But you tried to anyway