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Thanks for the quick replies. Had been thinking it would have to be steel. Yes it will be supporting the wall above and the roof. The upstairs floor joists are currently built into the exiting external wall so these will be adding to the load across the new opening.

Am in the process of pricing up knocking a ground floor wall down in my house. The wall is part of the original external cavity wall, width 250mm. The new opening will span 3.5m. Would reinforced concrete lintels be sufficient for this or would you advise an RSJ. Roughly what sizes would...