Sub-Floor Access and Portals

Don't forget to put a sub-floor access door into you base brick work. Also, if you know the location of other services, such as heaters, the allow for these as well.

I had a lintel put into the base brickwork as it was being laid, so that the portal for the ducted heating system would be easily established later on. In addition, I had the bricks laid with five-courses of "straight-bond" at the sides of the lintel, so the brickwork could be easily knocked-out later.