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Sketchy looking arrangements!? How very dare you.... Structural guy replied saying get it propped and pop a lintel under the brick skin. Also expose the other side to make sure there actually is a lintel there and that it is sound. Looks like that's my weekend filled up!

Ha! I wish! It’s taken 2.5 years to get this far… but yeah, hopefully not too long to resolve.

Thanks for that. No builders, I’m doing the job myself, though I got someone in to put the roof on, and electrics and plumbing are being done by professionals obvs…It’s a two story ICF construction. I think new lintel on the brick side is a must, and you’re right a bit of plaster removal to...

Thanks guys, I’ve contacted a structural surveyor. I’ll see what he comes back with.

We are extending our 1969 house and access to the extension is through this large window which has ominous signs of failure, no lintel visible on the brick skin and worrying cracks on the thermalite block inner…. Originally there was a timber frame window which probably took the weight. Then a...