Hi Folks,
1st post so please be gentle on me!! Been an avid reader of this forum but never signed up!
I have a house built in the early 1900's which has a sitting room with only one window. This window has a lean-to kitchen the other side of it which obscures most of the light into the sitting room.
As one of the rooms walls are an external wall I wish to add two further windows either side of a chimney breast.
My plan is two cut out the openings using a stihl saw from the outside and attempt to install some kind of lintel? I don't want an ugly lintel on show though on the outside? I simply want the window with a course of bricks running along the top. Obviously I want to make sure the brick course is supported to make sure the frame of the window does not sag by the weight of the brickwork above?? But what do I use?? Some kind of metal plate???
The wall is two bricks thick with no cavity. Window will be approx 500mm wide.
Forgive me for going on but I want to make sure I do everything correctly and not cut any corners.
I have asked a couple of window companies but unless I order windows for the rest of my house they aren't interested in this small job!
Anyway I thank anyone in advance for their help / knowledge!!
Thanks
Paul
1st post so please be gentle on me!! Been an avid reader of this forum but never signed up!
I have a house built in the early 1900's which has a sitting room with only one window. This window has a lean-to kitchen the other side of it which obscures most of the light into the sitting room.
As one of the rooms walls are an external wall I wish to add two further windows either side of a chimney breast.
My plan is two cut out the openings using a stihl saw from the outside and attempt to install some kind of lintel? I don't want an ugly lintel on show though on the outside? I simply want the window with a course of bricks running along the top. Obviously I want to make sure the brick course is supported to make sure the frame of the window does not sag by the weight of the brickwork above?? But what do I use?? Some kind of metal plate???
The wall is two bricks thick with no cavity. Window will be approx 500mm wide.
Forgive me for going on but I want to make sure I do everything correctly and not cut any corners.
I have asked a couple of window companies but unless I order windows for the rest of my house they aren't interested in this small job!
Anyway I thank anyone in advance for their help / knowledge!!
Thanks
Paul