Dear Marcus.
Although I do not know this one, I have seen others like it, and they
are NOT what they seem! What has been used is a conventional wooden door
frame (although it can be applied to a metal frame) with plastic
artificial brickwork applied to it. My parents house back in the early
60's had a very superior version of this brickwork applied to a wooden
partition wall on both faces, the 'brickwork was so realistic it also
had a coloured sand-facing to give it the right tactile feel, and dust
applied to the top edges of the 'bricks'. Unless you actually applied
a fair bit of pressure to the surface and saw/felt it depress, it was
virtually impossible to detect! Sorry to disappoint you, but further
proof is visible in the image due to the narrow gap where the hinged
face would be since it would have to be considerably wider than this, to
enable it to open. Furthermore, if thes were bicks, the colour would be
the same, and if you look at the 'cut' edge of the brickwork on the
door, I can assure you, even the best bricklayer or bricks cannot
produce as sharp an edge as that, even if they used a tungsten-carbide
disc saw to level up the edges after the cement had hardened! As to
weight, well, get the weight and multiply it by the number of bricks, so
about 140Kg if each brick weighs 1Kg. Incidentally, the length of the
bricks are also slightly different!
Sam Chapman.
Marcus Ormerod wrote:
> Hi everyone
>
>It is Friday afternoon, well ok evening, and I came across an interesting
>photo in the RIBA journal being used as a background for the contents page.
>Not sure where this door is, but guess it is hard to locate. I assume it is
>a fire door, but it does have a key hole and handle. I wonder what the
>weight of the door is to open?
>
>Anyone recognise it?
>
>Regards
>Marcus
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