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Hi Notch, correct on both. the timber frame cavity lintels were doing nothing except giving something for the top of the old window frames to seal against and something for the soffit board to rest on. The sistered 2x6's on the inner wall with the soon to be fitted 150x90 unequal angle iron are...

Hi Ronny, thanks for the reply. Yes, your right, I was struggling to describe the issue properly to be honest! I probably should have phrased my question differently as what was there previously is irrelevant to the current problem. I also didn't make it clear that the steel angles in the...

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Hello everyone, We have just had some structural alterations made to our property to create a large open plan kitchen diner area. As part of the works, an opening has been made in the exterior wall of an existing lean too single story extension for a set of 3.1m wide bifold doors that are...