Brick Infill Above Garage Door

Another job on the house urning a grade into a music studio i show you how to brick the door up to make it into a room.

Brick infill above garage door.

Use brick stone or veneer to hide the fact a garage door previously sat in the opening. There is a large timber beam which holds up the section of roof over the garage door. This would be much more difficult to change later. On our garage if we didnt have eaves there would be enough space for a few rows of bricks or wooden board above the door.

Draw the house with its present exterior materials including brick or siding incorporated properly. Design detail for brick veneer over garage doors introduction clay brick veneer 75 or 90mm wide is frequently installed on steel angles above garage doors. Here are some of some of our favorite above door decor ideas. In fill garage door as part of the garage conversion it is likely that the original garage door will be in filled with a new wall and possibly a window or door.

Because the eaves run outwards and the roof comes down to meet them you dont see the gap where the brick or board would go because the roof is lower i ve tried to find a pic of infill above windows. As the foundation to the existing garage is not likely to be traditional it s probably a shallow slab a new foundation may be needed for the new wall. The garage is a different story. There is some provision for this in the national building code but the span required for a double wide garage door exceeds the table in article 9 20 5 2.

Add a window or french doors as possible alternatives. Moral of the story if you want infills get them now.