Installing a New Door in an Exterior Brick Wall
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- čas přidán 11. 09. 2020
- I decided that I wanted a side door into my garage, but had no idea how to go about it. As with most of my DIY projects, I searched CZcams for answers and inspiration. I stumbled upon a 4 part series from benoahrenovations ( / benoahrenovations )
which would serve as the inspiration and the step by step guide for my project. His videos were an an exact match for what I needed. They were posted a full 10 years ago, but came in very handy in 2020 for me!
So I set out to see if someone of modest DIY skills could knock a hole in a brick wall, and install an exterior door without the entire garage coming down around me, all entirely by CZcams instruction.
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Note: This is not an instructional video or a how-to. Refer to the provided links for that. However having said that, watching an average DIY'er attempt it may help out with the hiccups and noob questions encountered along the way :) - Jak na to + styl
Very well done, Stephen! It is exactly what I’m looking for. I enjoyed how you crafted your video and explained the steps, and the background music. Kudos!!!
I'm extremely pleased it was helpful to someone. Thanks for letting me know. 👍
Thanks bro! I really appreciate the time you took to show us your project 👍
Thank you for the video. I am facing the same project, plus a window install. Seeing the rough opening from the outside was essential to know how wide and tall to open the brick work. The finishing work was helpful too. I an absence of a how to video, you filled that void.
Happy it was helpful! I'm quite surprised how many people are looking to try this project.
Thanks for the video, giving me some inspiration to tackle one myself. I have an existing door so not as much work as you but still hesitant cause of the width of brick etc...
Thanks for the knowledge. I don't know if I'm ready to tackle this yet or not but you gave me confidence
If I can do it, with plenty of planning, anyone can 👍
Exactly what I was looking for, thanks for posting this well done video, it helps me a lot!
That's fantastic. So glad it helped!
Nice! Thank you for teaches us out here! I really appreciate your time good sir!!!!
Fantastic job m8 , that’s looking really good, and you have now made me do this as my next project 💯👍👍
Thanks man!! I'll br attempting this as well and this video gave me a bunch of confidence! Cheers! Came out great, good job.
Awesome to hear!
From the UK, great video pal. Appreciate the detail 👌
Well done. Great job. Time to advertise your skills and make big money.
Hahaha maybe not quite yet. Customer's might not appreciate the "Hmm.. wonder what I do next? " Comments mid job 😄
What a great video! My husband and I are about to move a door on our exterior as well, thank you for sharing.
Thank you, and good luck!
Awesome job looks fantastic
Dude you did a great job for your first time. Thanks for the video! I learned a lot.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for the video, I now know this is too big of a job for me because my garage has a second story over it and collapse is a real possibility. Great job on your new door!
The best way to learn how to line up an exterior door is fighting your way through the motions. Over time you pick little tricks and tips up. Great job
I've done a bunch since then, and yeah you figure it out along the way. I got them all done, but the early ones took much longer 😂
What a really nice job. The door turned out amazing.
Thanks!
Thanks a lot. very useful video.
Thanks was looking for a video that showed how to trim the door to the brick
Great Job
Wow!!! Great job!
this is one of my favourite videos i’ve seen in a long time. I’m about to do something similar.
Glad you enjoyed it. Watching other videos is what I did to build the confidence to knock a hole in my wall too 😂
I actually liked how u extended the frame into the brick!
Thanks! Making it up as I go 😂
Great job. Given how much the average contractor is charging for something like this in Canada and still screwing it up royally, I am glad that some are doing this themselves. Keep up the good work eh! :-)
Very much appreciated!!
You can get a dust cover on grinders with a dust deputy attached to a vacuum. You should be wearing a mask too as silicosis is a serious health risk from grinding concrete!!!
Yep, lesson learned. I did invest in a good mask near the end of that project that didn't make it on camera. The cheap paper covid masks were useless. No plans on ever ever grinding concrete or brick again haha
Good job!
“…and it was done.”Gold😀
That was a good video thank you I'm planning on cutting a sliding glass door entrance from my deck to my wife's room so she will have a way out and will not have to walk all the way around the house to enjoy the deck.
You killed it man, awesome install and great video!
Much appreciated!
Thanks for making the video man it was helpful, also I'll probly get some guidance from the comments.
Nice looking door you got there.
very very nice work
You did a great job make me believe my hubby and I hopefully can be as good as you! ❤
Thanks! Admittedly it was scary knocking a big hole in the wall... But it all worked out 😁
@@tokyosteve1223 yes it did and it looks great 👍 like a professional installation saving you mega dollars!
Kudos to you and your will, drive and confidence.
Hi Steve! While the video wasn't very relevant to me because I don't think the condo board will approve any of this work, it was a fun way to hang out. Thanks for posting it!
It's far easier to ask for forgiveness than permission 😂
Need any help knocking bricks out? 😁
I have the same problem with the molding on the outside - I have no idea how to do it because there are no clear videos on how to do it. Thanks for this video
Doors and windows almost always assume that the wall thickness is 4-9/16". Thats a 2X4 stud, and 1/2" drywall on the inside, and a 1/2" sheathing on the outside. I realize the math doesn't add up, but that's partly because a 2X4 isn't 4" wide for some unknown reason. No matter. The point of my comment is that if you have a thicker wall, then you'll need what is called a "Jamb Extension Kit". The big box stores will have it (in stock usually. Menard's does) so just explain that your wall is thicker than 4-9/16" and they'll set you up. The jamb extension kit includes simple instructions for what to do. Don't let that small issue trip you up. It's not uncommon and easy to remedy.
Good luck with your project.
I found the same video after searching as u did, helped a ton.
Absolutely, without it I wouldn't have even tried 😂
How many others went searching for "How to replace outside car door handle (Toyota)"?? LOL
Good work on the door!
Because you're an amateur, this 'not too sure' approach is probably the most instructive piece I've seen in a long while. Also kudos for your bravery in filming the whole thing warts and all. How about a step outside to bring up the level of the door jam..
Plus it look great btw - beautiful choice of door I think. A+
It was all an exercise in proving to myself that many (not all) home reno tasks can be tackled as DIY. Go slow, research lots.
A step and paver walkway went in the very next weekend! Thanks for the positive comment, much appreciated.
always secure hindge side first then strike side~!!
In hindsight, that makes perfect logical sense! In the moment, I wasn't thinking so logically 😂
Thank yuo for the video .
famous DIY comment "well that shouldn't have taken as long as it did" I have uttered it many times!
Hahaha. So true
good videos!
You are awesome!
I do my best 😂
Thank you so much! I did the same thing - searching all over CZcams and only finding some videos partially making me feel more comfortable. Where did you purchase your lintel at?
Home Depot. About $40 if I remember correctly 👍
Anytime cutting masonry or concrete grinding, you always try to wet cut or dustless grinder with shop vac. Saves your nose and keeps you in good standards with neighbors.
Thanks. Yeah well plan #1 is never to touch concrete/brick again. Plan #2 is what you just said 😂
Not bad at all 🤛🏾
Outstanding... this has been a wishlist for me.
Well done mate. 👍
Thanks 👍 A bit intimidating knocking a hole in my house haha. But it all worked out 😅
Great achievement...Well done mate.
Guy I'm impressed
Hahaha, thanks!
This is hard work until youre faced with a century old double brick cavity wall.. cutting, back filling, damp course, mortar, rendering, brick laying. Then this is easy. 👍
Ouch... I doubt I would have even started 😅
@@tokyosteve1223 will post a video shortly then send you a link. Lemme know if it was worth it.🤔
Good job for no idea of what I’m doin 👍
Very good job! My question is, how come the brick vertical joints, where you cut it, seem so straight so that you can remove them with relative ease? Usually, the bricks are layered
jagged.
I'm not sure I understand. It was a very normal brick wall in a 50% offset pattern
Great video, but you didn't show the bit I had the biggest question about: How does one person lift a heavy lintel into place without assistance?
It's just a short one, I don't remember it being ridiculously heavy. Just regular heavy 😂
This is why I prefer design over construction 🤣
Oh c'mon! Concrete dust is oodles of fun 😂
Anytime you have wood meeting concrete or brick, you need to use pressure treated lumber. In no time your wood trim will rot. Aside from that, you did a great job.
Hahahaha , you realize painted wood trim has been used in exterior window and door applications for centuries, do some research
Dpc
I'm going to do the same project. Did you originally plan to cut your brick to the same size of the rough opening of the door?
Yeah, on the exterior side I think I added a little to account for some trim. I was winging it at that point haha. But I kept it close to the required rough opening for the door I bought. The opening itself ended up slightly bigger than I had planned and I used some cut particle board to narrow the gap before shimming it. Those videos I linked in the description are gold. Have a look at those 👍
Iam also will do ,Is need permit for that?
@@arhdbli536 it's your house,, do what the hell you want,, no need to ask permission from someone that doesnt pay your mortgage
great video- what is the Hight of the lintel?
Thanks much appreciated. I don't recall exactly but I seem to recall my reasoning worked something like... Next full mortar line in the brick above the top of where the door would be. I wanted it as close to the door as I could get it because it was going to need to be trimmed from the lintel down to the top of the door and I didn't want a 6" piece of wood to fill the gap above the door. Hope that made sense.
How long did this job take end to end? I want to do it but fast. My HOA will be on my ass if they see me do this.
It took me a full weekend. I was moving cautiously having never done anything quite like this before. It might be hard to be subtle about the cutting of brick part haha. It's loud and messy. After that you could throw the door in and take your time on the inside and trimming out the outside. I suppose much of the activity could be completed from inside and away from prying eyes. Good luck if you go ahead with it. We use the door multiple times a day now, it's become our primary entrance.
What do I attach the door to if there is no drywall or studs? It is an old brick garage, the brick walls are about a foot thick and the brick is visible inside the garage as well--no drywall or studs.
I'm no professional installer, I made it up as I went. I would ask though, how will you cut an opening in 1ft thick brick walls? My guess would be to cut larger than needed then attach a wooden frame within the brick, then mount your door. But there I go making it up on the fly again 😅
@@tokyosteve1223 The opening already exists, the door looks like its a century old and is rotted and needs to be replaced. I would imagine that newer, pre-hung doors are fastened differently then the doors of yesteryear. I will see about attaching some wood around the opening, that is a good idea. Thank you!
Curious how much this cost you (money wise) from start to finish? Thanks for the video!
Actually this one wasn't expensive at all. $250 for the door, $45 for the lintel, a bunch of 2x4s, some trim... The rest was just a whole lotta grunt work haha. Cutting the brick and grinding down the concrete entrance to be flush was horrible. I mean it's done now and has a lovely paver walkway and step... And I use it everyday, but at the time. It was a dusty kind of punishment 😅😂
Oh wow. Awesome. Thank you for the reply. I pastor a church and I'd like to do this to a wall we have but after a google search prices I saw were very high and out of price range. 😬 this gives me hope. 😃
How's the trim holding up? Thanks
It's been on there 2 1/2 years and looks like the day I installed it.
And that side of the house gets a lot of direct weather. All good
What kind of lock is that? number pad?
Kwikset 92640-001 Contemporary Electronic Keypad Single Cylinder Deadbolt with 1-Touch Motorized Locking, Satin Nickel www.amazon.ca/dp/B00R7JVFCE/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_i_1Z9DHHSFEBYTWPYC1BSV
What does something cost like that on pre hung labor
I didn't actually look into it. Everything else I get quotes for was wildly beyond what I thought was reasonable... So it became DIY.
Hey looks good. Shoot half these contractors dont have a clue on what they're doing ,just know how to charge ridicule prices #DIY
Hey you just said the quiet part out loud 🤫 I have thought exactly the same thing but held back from saying it in fear of welcoming CZcams's armchair DIY wrath 😂
Thanks!
@@tokyosteve1223 😁🤫😷
lungs of steel
How is this cost?
Door was about $250 at Home Depot if I remember correctly. The rest was free - just my time and effort making a huge hole in the wall 😂
Great job. Concrete dust, SUCKS!!! Short of wearing an hermetically sealed NASA approved space suit on top of a Hazmat suit, it WILL find its way into every opening on the human body.
Just when I was getting the PTSD from the concrete under control 😂
@@tokyosteve1223 Oops 🤣. Seriously though, great job on the door installation.
@@jimserhant7741 Thank you. It wasn't a guaranteed outcome haha
@@tokyosteve1223 lol
Is that brick Venere?
That you took down
@@richardresendez2325 that was an actual wall of normal brick.
Thank You
Is need permit for that?
I suppose it depends on the codes where you live. My understanding in Ontario is that anything structural required a permit.
@@tokyosteve1223 Yes i live in Ontario,how much do you speed for permit,is need long time?
My city had an online portal for building/reno permit applications. It wasn't as big of a hassle as I had anticipated. Check on your city's website, quite likely the same will exist.
Your casing width looks too narrow. You should have ordered your door with a wider casing.
Yep. That's what an off the shelf discount Home Depot door gets you. Home made door jamb extensions.
No mask+concrete/brick dust=no bueno 😬
Oh I agree. Lessons were learned 🤦
Big effort. Do wear a mask next time so you don't fill your lungs with dust!
Yeah I had a mask. Apparently it wasn't a great one though.
Next time for a jamb extension, you want to pre drill it, and use Trim-head screws (length will vary on thickness of extension) then you can attach brick mould to that with stainless or galvanized nails since this is exterior.
Ideally just order a door with the correct jamb width. It doesnt cost much more then a home depot door and they make them up to 8 inches wide.
Yunno, I did try to find the deeper doors, but the cost at the time from the big box stores was much much higher. I wanted a low cost project so I just needed to figure something out as they say haha. It still looks like the day it was installed and is our primary entrance to a mudroom style setup in the garage.
@@tokyosteve1223 You need to go to an actual door supplier (collins toker in Canada). They're standard sizes are jambs widths to 7 1/2. I ordered one for my front door of that width and it was actually $50 cheaper through them then buying a 4 9/16 door from Home depot and having to add extensions.
And it's a full fiberglass frame and door, unlike the cheap pine frame of HD doors.