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Hi all , I have 2 timber lintels above doors on the ground floor of my house with solid 1.5 foot thick walls. Over the years there has been some damp issues in the house which have also affected the ends of the timber lintels as they look rotten at ends. My question is at which point do you...

thank you both , i will get in touch with a SE in that case.

Blup thank you for the answers Do you mean i may need a steel purlin or some steel reinforcement ? The purlin is above a window ,and over that window there is a thick timber lintel which i presume to be original. Would this make a difference in terms of the support purlin is getting from...

Apologies for the long winded thread :( We have recently purchased an old house with thick (45cm thick ) solid stone walls. The main structure of the house is as you can see in the photo. My question is in regards to the extension roof structure. There is a purlin (3" x 8" i believe) going...

Thank you crank39

I have just had an old timber window replaced by a upvc window. Upon removal of the old timber window , i have seen the lintel above to be a timber type one (old stone house) Now when sealing the gaps between the UPVC window frame and the gap i was planning on using expanding foam as all 3 sides...

how long is the purlin ? I am no expert but i does not look all rotten from the photos . Perhaps strip the paint and have a better look.

I am using lecol 5500 to lay my parquet but i had to put some of the parquet through my table saw in order to loose the layer of bitumen in about 30 blocks where I will be laying directly on to the concrete. my question is , these blocks don’t seem to be perfectly flat at the bottom as they were...

Hi All , I am new to the forum. Bought an Edwardian house that needs a lot of work sometime ago and I am trying to do it up as I go along. Unfortunately I have met some bad "builders" as well as good ones over the last few years and eventually came to the idea of doing it myself as much as I can...

Richhen , I am in exactly same situation as yourself after having a longer lintel and French doors fitted. Are you able to share some photos of your progress to help out ? If not can you confirm you had to cut plaster board and dot and dabbed over all exposed sections to create a box then...