Hi everyone wondering if somebody could please offer some advice? I'm sorry, this is going to be a rambler...
A guy who is fitting our kitchen got another guy to come in and move a doorway for us approximately eight inches. It's in a single storey extension built onto the back of our victorian terraced house. The fitter was displeased with this guys work in the first day saying it was messily done and said he would finish the job off by re-setting the frame. Now that the fitter has had a go with it, looking at it, the original wooden lintel is still in place above where the old doorway was, and nothing has been put in over the new gap.
When I questioned the kitchen fitter on this he said that the lintel is not necessary as there's nothing much over the door although there is a pitched roof and that wall goes all the way up into it which is a few feet. I believe this wall used to be external until they stuck another bit of extension to it.
Anyway, I believe I already know the answer but, am I right? Does it need a concrete lintel or RSJ? Also, it needs to be signed off by building regs doesn't it? I do still trust the fitter guy to do kitchens but a builder he ain't and I've already told him I'm not happy with it, just would like some expertise please.
Thanks for sticking with me there!
Kat[/b]
A guy who is fitting our kitchen got another guy to come in and move a doorway for us approximately eight inches. It's in a single storey extension built onto the back of our victorian terraced house. The fitter was displeased with this guys work in the first day saying it was messily done and said he would finish the job off by re-setting the frame. Now that the fitter has had a go with it, looking at it, the original wooden lintel is still in place above where the old doorway was, and nothing has been put in over the new gap.
When I questioned the kitchen fitter on this he said that the lintel is not necessary as there's nothing much over the door although there is a pitched roof and that wall goes all the way up into it which is a few feet. I believe this wall used to be external until they stuck another bit of extension to it.
Anyway, I believe I already know the answer but, am I right? Does it need a concrete lintel or RSJ? Also, it needs to be signed off by building regs doesn't it? I do still trust the fitter guy to do kitchens but a builder he ain't and I've already told him I'm not happy with it, just would like some expertise please.
Thanks for sticking with me there!
Kat[/b]