How to close a doorway?

[MattiasGA]

Hello!
I have an old brick house with a basement from 1957 with an old garage in the basement. The previous owners built a new garage attached to the house and bricked up the old garage door opening but kept the door. My question is, how should I build over that door opening? I'm planning to convert the old garage into a sort of recreation room and want to remove the door opening, but since the new garage is an unheated garage, it needs to be insulated, and I don't want to brick it up. Or is that the cheapest option??
Best regards, Mattias G A

 

[Dowser4711]

Why don't you want to brick it up?
Is it just the cost or do you have any other thoughts?

 

[MattiasGA]

don't know the cost and have never done masonry before.

 

[KnockOnWood]

Are you planning to block up an old door? The easiest way is probably just to remove the door itself and cover with boards, nailed/screwed into the frame. First on the outside, then some insulation, and finally a sheet on the inside. If you want something that blends more seamlessly with the surrounding wall, you'll need to remove the frame first.

Maybe you can take a picture of how it looks now, preferably from both the outside and inside.

 

[MattiasGA]

Hello!
Here are pictures of both sides as it looks today!

 

[mexitegel]

If you're going to do this, do it properly and wall it up. It's not that difficult .

 

[Matti_75]

If you want to build again with boards, attach LP50 steel profiles on both sides at a suitable distance so that you have space for plyfa/osb and minerit on the cold side and plyfa/osb on the warm side. Place plastic foil between plyfa and drywall on the warm side and fill the space with insulation.