Wooden lintel ?

[Jack07]

Hi,
Ive got a house built in 1930's.

The large lounge was originally 2 rooms. While my plans for an extension are currently going through, ive decided to get on with other things on my list.

One of which is re-instating the old wall and knocking through the old doorway into the new room.

After stripping wall paper and hacking of plaster Ive been confronted with rendered brickwork and a wooden lintel that is 115mm wide (4 1/2").

This is a downstairs wall with a brick wall above. It has stood until now but is it suitable to just door line straight into it or does it need re-enforcing with concrete? Im not sure what regs state for existing building works.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks

 

[HERTS P&D]

Reguardless of the regs, I would change it for a RSJ one for my own piece of mind.

Andy

 

[maltaron]

If it's only spanning a doorway it will not be a problem (building regs may disagree). If it does need replacing a concrete lintel would be cheapest but a Catnic will be easier to handle.

 

[Jack07]

It is only spanning a doorway and ive noticed that directly above is another doorway so there is no real weight directly above.

will have a closer look as i uncover more.

Cheers