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Widening a door

Posted by kenneth jones, on Mon 02 Mar 2015 04:56pm

I need to widen a door although it is inside its on old external wall do I need permision and which trade please? thanks

john cunningham

Mon 02 Mar 2015 05:21pm

No you don't need permission but strictly speaking you would need building regs. However thousands of people don't bother. Just make sure the lintols have a good bearing, at least 100 mm J c

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Edward Thompson

Wed 04 Mar 2015 05:45am

Hi Kenneth you need a builder/bricklayer to do the job, you are best to inform building control at your local council of the changes as it saves a lot of trouble when you come to sell the property and need to produce the paperwork. Ed

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