Missing brickwork over sliding door
I have got 2.4m high sliding door for 2.7m high ceiling. At first, a builer installed 2.1m one and I noticed the error at the framing stage and asked them to rectify. Then they installed the correct one but they removed brickwork on top. They said due to 2.4m high there was no room for 2 layers of brick. So finally I am getting a timber top on the sliding door and for me it looks funny.
My concern is is it as per standard and can't they put 1.5 layers of bricks if there is no room for 2 layers? Below is the before and after pictures.
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4 years agoMy home is the 2.7 ceilings with 2.4 doors.
The brick course for doors is 28 courses.
See the attached photos of plans. This shows on drawings the external 28C for height for the sliding door brick opening, and the 28x7.5 SD , stating the type of door.
Look for this on your plans, and contact the builder.
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4 years agoOne course is one layer of bricks. Yes, I counted 29 as well.
I have attached photos of the finished sliding door.
Our home is double brick throughout. With acrylic render. But, is still 28 course (bricks) to top of sliding door, with 31 course (bricks) ceiling level. You can see in photo, that the space above sliding door is equivalent to 3 more layers of bricks. Taking into account the finished ceiling.
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4 years agoI just went searching, and have found a photo of brick prior to acrylic render. The brick are building bricks, so one brick is equal to two bricks,(two courses).
You can see there is 14 bricks to get to 2.4 for sliding door. (28 courses). Then the remaining bricks to get to ceiling height of 2.7m or 31 courses. Refer the arrow.
Hope this helps.
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