How To Cut A Door Into A Concrete Block Wall

Score the lines for your opening with a circular saw.

How to cut a door into a concrete block wall.

This will create smooth solid edges that will be helpful when installing the door. Step 3 cut the concrete block wall. Start at the bottom of the mortar wall and start cutting through the bricks. Open the plan in which you d like to specify the size of the concrete cutout for a door.

In the default settings dialog expand the doors category select garage door and then click the edit button. Step 5 install the steel lintel above the door. You ll need a masonry saw blade to make these cuts. If you have a friend they should hold the hose on the line where the cutting is taking place.

Move to the other side and cut along the lines. Let the saw do most of the work as you make your way up the wall. Normally done with welded or bolted structural steel outer frame for the door to reinforce the opening you are making then normal door put inside that outer frame and commonly adding reinforcing and or grout filling of the block voids on the blocks surrounding the door opening. In this example a simple rectangular garage structure with a stem wall foundation is used.

Insert the masonry saw blade in one of the holes and cut along the line. How to cut a doorway into a blockwork wall. You will need to push it a little to keep the blade moving along the lines in an upward fashion. Cut through the remaining lines until you have created the opening.

Repeat this process on the other side of the wall scoring about 2 inches through the concrete on either side. To install a door in a concrete block wall you ll need to first create an opening for the door. If you ve cut into the hollow part of any blocks wedge a piece of 2x4 lumber into the end of each cavity and fill the block with mortar. If doing this yourself set the hose so it trickles down the concrete wall.

Turn on the saw and slowly guide the blade into the concrete.