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I've just made a door way into the garage but I got two guys to do it in the end - they used one acrow supporting the beam below the front bedroom in the stairwell and carefully removed a single row of bricks where the lintel was due to go.There was no other support. I've also done two...

Thanks noseall, unfortunately the newel is only 0.8m from the trimmer joist leaving a gap of 2.8m to be supported.

How do I support a trimmer(3.6m) beside a stairwell opening? There are double joists at either end and Building Control tables show that 2.4m is the max permitted span for trimmed joists of 2m - 3m. Will one stud fixed centrally below the trimmer do? How should it be fixed a) to the joist b) to...