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Its the gable external wall to the orignal house (9" brick, with pebble dash render on the exterior.) Opening is on the top/1st floor. Theres just the attic above (hence the 9"x3" timber purlin. Measuring up from the underside of the position of the new lintel (@ the centre of the new opening,)...

Im "knocking through" a 1m wide door way into an extension. The wall is 9" solid brick but there is a roof purlin (positioned centrally above the new opening) 800mm approx above the finished height of the new lintel. Should I use RConcrete lintels or 2 RSJ's bolted together? and what size?