Core hole beneath lintel bearing

[gwj315]

Please can anyone advise if the position of the core hole in the attached pic is a problem? It's for an extractor fan and I was tight for space on the internal wall, but didn't mean to get so close to the lintel! The timber lintel you can see is only supporting a course of blocks so no worries there. But I'm less sure about the concrete lintel on the inner skin, which will be carrying the weight of the roof trusses above. I think it has a similar bearing to the timber lintel you can see (about 100mm). A stupid thing to have done I know but i'd like to know just how stupid, and whether I can stop worrying about it. Thanks.

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• gwj315
• 15 Jul 2014
• 1

 

[wakey77]

Cant really see the problem it would appear you have around 150MM from the edge of the hole to the reveal i dont see a hole that size and shape in that position posing any structural problem.

 

[ree]

As above.



How do you propose to fix the last bit of the ext. terminal?

The wood "lintel" that can be seen in the pic appears to be a board covering whatever lintel is behind it? Is that the case?

 

[tony1851]

It could collapse at any minute.

 

[Nige F]

@ tony -it`s fine

 

[tony1851]

@ tony -it`s fine

thank goodness for that!

 

[gwj315]

Thanks all. Based on tony's assessment I've decided to knock the house down and rebuild from scratch. And it's not a board but a 6inch square piece of oak with genuine woodworm.