Recent content by royalfoster

Brilliant. Are stop ends worth fitting as well?

Just a quick one, Installing a 'L' shaped lintel onto the external leaf of the wall as there isn't one. (old house!) The current Damp Proof Membrane is a lead sheet inserted above the internal concrete lintel and runs downwards as you would expect under the last course of bricks outside...

I thought the same, just wondered if anyone had dealt with this situation before, just needed conformation.

Thank you for the reply alittlerespect, The opening from the lounge into the garden isn't getting altered, windows out - french doors in! (hopefully soon) I've been looking at catnic lintels for a while and phoned them today for advice and they recommend the CH70/100 Heavy duty, as the...

Yer the plaster reveals just fell apart when I was removing the textured wall paper, annoying as it is.

Thats one problem sorted then. What about the cavity void? Is that Filled in or bridged across with some sort of material? Do i just level off both of the walls so its a solid concert block?

Hi there, Just need some Direction please. I'm converting my windows in the lounge into french doors. The French will be installed once I have completed the opening by the company. I have taken the internal wall down (see pic) to the damp proof coursing, which is actually slate! This...

Hi there, I have posted about this problem before but now the issue has come to a head. I'm converting my windows in the lounge into french doors. I have noticed a hairline crack in the middle of the lintel about 4.5" high going up on the face, it goes underneath and the back of the...

Picture 1. Inside the lounge of the lintel<br>Picture 2. Close up of the hairline crack.<br>Picture 3. Outside looking at the course of solider bricks.