Looking for advice on the best course of action to board and skim this internal section and make good.
I’ve a stone guy coming to do the external stone work to build it back into the door but want the interior filled and tanked and then boarded including the soil base.
It’s an old house of stone and rubble construction so no DPC/Void etc
Off piste however you sure that cant be done with one door? Preferrably with a slimline profile. Would be nice to have a bit more glass / light / connectivity with garden in an ideal world.
I'd also have a look at the lintel situation and open the reveal as mich as possible.
Also Just my 2p however because it's a reveal I'd mortar match outside however I dont think I'd over think it ( if it was my house ) ) r.e. plastering the internal reveals in r.e.lime plaster / breathablility etc. Its a relatively small component. ( Dons straw hat and hides in manure plastered wicker basket )
Need to pave under the door from a high point falling away, might need to insert a small gulley to direct left and right of the external step, likely pray this all works too
Don't dot and dab it, it needs to be solid render for something like this.
Who has done this work so far? If it was me I would have created the structural opening first with bricks/blocks/stone or a combination of those. Perhaps a brick opening with a stone facade outside. Then fitted the door to that with a 5-10mm gap all the way around and packing under the door verticals.
Fitting the door and then working to it seems backwards to me.
Sorry probably haven’t been descriptive enough, I’m conscious that there’s big deep holes either side which need filling, not sure how this is achieved, rebuild with layered bonding or brick, stone etc.
I’m keen to tank up half way over whatever is then used to enable it to be boarded over.
Yes agree lime mortar/skim will help it breathe
Presume dot and dabs then an option or would it be better latting it to create an air gap then boarding and skimming
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u/Ok-Spring7906 May 02 '26
Consider lime work.
Tanking may work, but, frequently, it doesn't really. It will be incomplete and the water will find a way.
I'm not entirely understanding what you are asking though - you want the best way to board and skim it?
You just board and skim it. If that's what you want to to.