Title: How to Cut a Doorway Into a Solid Wall | DIY
Headings: How to Cut a Doorway Into a Solid Wall
How to Cut a Doorway Into a Solid Wall
Learn how to make an opening in a stud or masonry wall.
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Content: - Seek professional advice if you have any doubts about carrying out structural improvements to your home. If you are cutting into a loadbearing wall, you should use temporary props, a header and cripple studs, even for a small opening. RX-DK-DIY110008_door-in-stud-wall-labeled_s4x3
©2007 Dorling Kindersley Limited
2007 Dorling Kindersley Limited
Use an existing stud as the hinging edge of the doorway. After cutting the opening, add blocking between the trimmer studs above it, and insert a new stud in the open edge of the doorway. Then either attach a door jamb and door or, if the gap is to be an opening with no door, apply drywall and an angle bead, then finish. For a serving hatch, cut an opening in the same way. Insert blocking across the bottom edge before drywalling and installing casing. This image shows a doorway to be cut into a non-loadbearing wall. The wood elements outlined in red form the edges of the doorway. This is a job for a structural engineer.