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Just a quick update, put the plans in for a building warrant to fit the doors by leaving the old K9 lintel in place and putting a robslee type c lintel below it. Was a bit worried in case they refused it, BUT, in less than 7 days had the plans returned to myself all approved so all is good in...

Cheers Woody, the height of the doors ( including frame ) is 2090, which i think seems to be the standard height for french doors, and by good luck or chance there is enough room to fit them, including leaving a 10mm gap. So hopefully all will go well and i will earn some extra brownie points...

A brickie who is a mate said that if there was enough clearance from the bottom of the lintel to the floor that there shouldnt be a problem placing a new lintel below the old one, but i'll check with the local building control officer for clarification. Thanks for the reply.

Looking for a little advice please. I'm replacing an existing window on the back wall of my house with a set of 5ft french doors. The original window is just over 3ft in width. The lintel in place at the moment is a K9. I was hoping to just place a robslee type c lintel below it ( size 100 x...