Blocking Up A Doorway

Learn how to block up a doorway properly when you have removed a door.

Blocking up a doorway.

The method also works if you want to add a new doorway to your home and need to block an existing door or if you simply want to close one entrance your family never uses. This project is about filling or blocking up an old doorway or window opening using brick blocks and plaster. Blocking or filling an old opening or doorway sometimes called bricking up is a common job often done for a number of different home improvement projects. I will want it plastered both sides and might be hanging heavy mirrored bathroom cabinets on the inside.

How to block up a doorway with a cavity wall using concrete blocks. What are my options for blocking up the doorway. Understand the way you should block off doorways and windows safely. Bricking over the old door is one method of permanently closing off that entrance.

Doorways and windows can be blocked up with brickwork or blocks then covered with plasterboard for a seamless finish. I have already removed the partition wall so the next job is to remove the old toilet door and block up the doorway as the other bathroom door will now be the only way in.