Door lining into currently unplastered brick wall

I have an open doorway in a brick internal wall. Plaster has been stripped from both sides as it was 100 years old and long blown.

So I’m currently looking at bare bricks and exposed lintel.

Ideally I want to fit an interior door here before winter arrives. I can do this bit myself. Fitting a lining and hanging a door is within my DIY remit.

At some point the wall will be re-plastered on both sides, but this is unlikely to happen before the winter as it is contingent on a few other jobs.

So I guess I’m proposing doing things in the wrong order really. Can I make this work?

What problems am I going to encounter fitting the door lining prior to getting the plasterer in? I’m happy to rip the door lining to a thickness that accommodates a plaster finish. Beyond that, advice on pitfalls would be greatly appreciated.

As long as you rip the lining to approximately the right thickness I can’t really see a problem.

Probably goes without saying but I’d err slightly on the too thick rather than too thin side, planing down the lining or packing out a slight gap behind the architraves is going to be easier and less ugly than widening the lining to make them fit.

We had exactly the same done in our house, though I didn’t do it myself.

As above make it a bit wider and depending on your plan of action.

12.5 mm plasterboard,dot dab, plaster skim. And as said, it’s a lot easier and neater to fill the back edges of the arcatrive to the plaster finish than it is to alter the door casing afterwards.

Thanks chaps.

As said above, allow a bit more width to accommodate a small amount of shrinkage

Allow height for floor coverings, but keep the doorway similar to others on the same wall for other rooms

If the door is in a corner and opens back onto another wall, allow room for the door to open to 90° without clonking the handle, skirtings, etc. and the light switch can be reached behind the now open door

Good tips, thanks.