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Hi RS, I have a piece of timber cut to the exact width of the new door, I checked at four reference points and it is exactly 20mm short between the two uprights fitted today. Tomorrow I have to fit a 10mm inner frame each side then the brackets on the metal door frame will fix into the large timbers fitted today with coach bolts, saving fixing into the wonky brickwork.

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Who did the brickying Spitty.....Stevie Wonder?

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Not the best ever briklaying that is for sure, the cement between the bricks is all over the place.

Even I manage to build an 18x8ft rear flank extn to the back of a previous house behind and attached to the garage with the walls level and upright many years ago now.

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Yep, worst I've ever seen, the place was built circa 1964, there must have been a cement shortage at the time, hence what appears to be a 9 to 1 cement/sand mix on the mortar, or, an apprentice was allowed to let rip on the garages, still, that will make it easier to demolish it and rebuild it.

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New doors in place.

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Great job Spitty..... Impressive stuff....

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Thanks OGF, the "up and over" days are finally over.

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Still waiting for the Plastic Centre to reopen to get those timber side supports cladded.

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Yipee, its open for click and collect, cheap as well, 5 mtr of 95mm X 5.5mm board £9.72 and 2 x 3 mtr of 25mm x 25mm rigid angle £3.54 each.

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Picked the UPVc up, needed two lengths of 95mm X 5.5mm, before I start, the substantial screws that hold the main timber frame are proud by a couple of millimetres, these were a bugger to drive in so, taking then out and counter sinking could be a pain, I think I will glue some thin plastic to the timber so the cladding lies flush.