Hi all
Im going to be removing a wall in my kitchen to open it up with a single story backroom (orginally the shed, outside loo) There is a door to one side which will be bricked up for the opening to be in the centre roughly 1.8 metres wide. Either side of the opening will be 600mm brick walls. the wall is essentially the outside wall of the house.
A builder friend thinks that a concrete lintel will be enough for the 1.8m opening but im not so sure, would it not have to be steel?
Would a concrete lintel be enough?
Im going to be removing a wall in my kitchen to open it up with a single story backroom (orginally the shed, outside loo) There is a door to one side which will be bricked up for the opening to be in the centre roughly 1.8 metres wide. Either side of the opening will be 600mm brick walls. the wall is essentially the outside wall of the house.
A builder friend thinks that a concrete lintel will be enough for the 1.8m opening but im not so sure, would it not have to be steel?
Would a concrete lintel be enough?