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The house was build in '62, and they neighbours say that the two courses of bricks formed the original opening. It seems strange that they'd have these unsupported rows of bricks (in the picture, you can see that the throat lintel is sitting on one of the bricks that I broke in half, on the...

I was unsure whether they were protecting the lintel from the heat or something. It puzzles me why the bricks were there and that they had no support. Any idea what their original purpose is?

Hi, I'm opening up my fireplace and have chipped away the plaster to define the lintel. I've also been trying to identify the old bricks and keep them in place. It looks like I have 2 courses of bricks below the lintel, and they look like the original ones (I've accidentally removed one (and...