How to seal an opening in the wall

In the redevelopment areas it is sometimes necessary to close the gap in the wall. If you want to lay down extra browser Windows or doors that face the street, you will need masonry. Indoor doorways easily sutured plasterboard.

You will need

• 1. Material for bookmark apertures brick, or drywall.
• 2. The cement mortar.
• 3. Putty.
• 4. Primer.
• 5. A set of tools.

Instruction

1. Remove the coating in the area of the opening in the wall. To remove to the base (concrete or brick). Upholster around the perimeter of the entire old plaster than islomania will be the line spacing, the better. On the concrete across the width of the masonry lay the waterproofing. If the walls are brick, then gently beat in every fourth row of the apertures on half of a brick for dressing masonry. Beat out with a hammer or punch.
2. For concrete walls use for connection with masonry special connectors or nails with the end of the dovetail. Attach them to the side wall of the opening with the punch and dowels. As the link you can also use pieces of rebar, which hammer into the holes punched by the punch.
3. Mix the cement and fill the opening with bricks. The correct installation check level and plumb. In every fourth row lay the metal constriction. If the difference between the width of the partition and the wall is large, secure the bricks in a metal mesh with the punch and dowels with washers. The grid will greatly strengthen the connection between plaster and wall.
4. After 24 hours the field of masonry, you are ready to primer and plaster. This procedure is performed in two stages. Primed the wall first, then trowel and leave to dry.
5. The second stage is put another layer of primer and plaster, which is applied flush with the old wall. Power trowel carefully all the joints with a trowel. After second layer is dry, again go over it with a trowel to leave no irregularities. Re-programsuite wall surface and treat it with finishing putty.
6. Allow the layers to dry well and powertrowel all the bumps on the wall small metal grinding mesh. After that you can proceed to decorating.
7. If the doorway is inside, you can sew up the drywall. To do this, cut two sheets the size of the opening and secure them on both sides. The gap between the sheet and the wall repaired with cement mortar or primer. Before finishing the drywall should be patched.