Hi guys,
I want to put in a door from my kitchen to my integral garage. The location of the door however is quite close to a corner (see pics). I can just about give my doorway a 150mm bearing on the side of the inside corner (albeit with the lintel pushed right up to the blockwork on that side) however I'm just not sure I trust this due to how close it is to the corner. I've shown this to my BCO and asked re the corner and if there are any issues with this sort of installation, all he said was "all complies regards forming the new door opening" but this to me isn't necessarily saying it's safe to do . Should I get someone else involved to assess this all properly, if so who do I need? (There's a possibility that the lintel could become part of the corner but I'm unsure how the corner is joined until I knock the row of bricks out for the lintel).
The wall is made up of blockwork/cavity/blockwork (100mm blocks) so the outer side of this wall (the kitchen side) will have a bigger distance between the opening and the corner, it's just the inside I'm worried about mainly.
In addition, as per the pic, is it safe to just fit a concrete 65x100x1000mm lintel as shown? Does it need anything supporting it underneath or will the existing blockwork be ok? I know that RSJ's have padstones but would they be needed here?
All/any advice is welcome as I'm slowly losing the will with this project! Note that I'm doing the work myself as I spent months trying to find a builder (to no avail).
I want to put in a door from my kitchen to my integral garage. The location of the door however is quite close to a corner (see pics). I can just about give my doorway a 150mm bearing on the side of the inside corner (albeit with the lintel pushed right up to the blockwork on that side) however I'm just not sure I trust this due to how close it is to the corner. I've shown this to my BCO and asked re the corner and if there are any issues with this sort of installation, all he said was "all complies regards forming the new door opening" but this to me isn't necessarily saying it's safe to do . Should I get someone else involved to assess this all properly, if so who do I need? (There's a possibility that the lintel could become part of the corner but I'm unsure how the corner is joined until I knock the row of bricks out for the lintel).
The wall is made up of blockwork/cavity/blockwork (100mm blocks) so the outer side of this wall (the kitchen side) will have a bigger distance between the opening and the corner, it's just the inside I'm worried about mainly.
In addition, as per the pic, is it safe to just fit a concrete 65x100x1000mm lintel as shown? Does it need anything supporting it underneath or will the existing blockwork be ok? I know that RSJ's have padstones but would they be needed here?
All/any advice is welcome as I'm slowly losing the will with this project! Note that I'm doing the work myself as I spent months trying to find a builder (to no avail).