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Hello folks – you’ve all been so helpful with answers to past questions, and I’ve tried to be helpful by posting my recommendations based on what I ended up going with (after your suggestions). Hope my answers have been helpful to someone!

My latest question is about changing a window into a door and having steps built from that door down to the courtyard. I know this is a “brownstone” forum, but I live in a co-op. Has anyone had experience with something like this? Know anything about codes for it? Obviously I have to get board approval, but the previous owner did get approval for just that so I’m hopeful.

I guess the primary question is who is the right kind of tradesperson to contact about something like that? Would I need a GC? Or is cutting through a brick wall something I’d go straight to a mason for?

Any thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated. And, as per my usual, once I’ve gone ahead with something, I’ll report back my recommendations.

Thanks all!!

Erin