We have a small Victorian terrace with a room off the kitchen which used to be the bathroom before it was moved upstairs. We use the room for storage mainly, but it also has the tumble dryer in it with the hose going out of the cat flap on an external door. The problem is that when it's damp out we use the dryer a lot and having the flap open means we get a draught straight through the house and I'm just sick of it.
Our options are, I think, a) to get rid of the dryer and get a condenser version, or b) to fit a door to the room between it and the kitchen next door. I'm leaning towards (b) because the dryer's good and the reviews on Which show condensers performing worse than vented dryers. Also I quite like the idea of being able to shut up the room and not have hear the dryer in the kitchen so much, and also not have to see the cluttered room every time I'm in the kitchen. Though we have had a couple of slugs come in through the cat flap when it's been left open and this would only be solved by stopping using the cat flap and maybe shifting things round and putting the hose out through the window... [thinking out loud, sorry]
Anyway we currently have a doorway between the two rooms and that's it. It's a bit wider than a standard doorway I'd say, though not by much and the plastering looks a bit like swirly cake icing - all peaked up and 1980's. Would it just be a case of getting a joiner to fit a door liner and architrave then hang a door or is there more to it than this? Will the plaster have to be removed then redone? Has anyone done anything similar? Any advice most gratefully received :)