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I want to brick up an interior doorway or wall opening between two rooms. How is it done so no joint shows?
The opening is bricked up to the ceiling, plastered in two coats flush with the existing wall, filled and sanded across the joints, and the whole wall is painted so no trace of the old opening remains.
When reconfiguring a flat's layout — such as closing off old double doors in a living room or separating two rooms to create a private bedroom — bricking up the opening gives the sound insulation and solidity of a permanent wall.
In this living room, the wide opening between the two spaces was built up with brickwork all the way to the ceiling, keyed into the existing walls on either side.
Two coats of plaster brought the new brickwork flush with the surrounding wall, followed by filling across the joints, sanding and painting the entire wall so it looks as though it had always been one continuous surface.
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Closing Up a Wall Opening in a Living Room
An opening between two rooms was bricked up, plastered and painted, and the wall now looks as if it had always been one piece.
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