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    Fireplace - no lintel, problem?

    I am opening up an old blocked up fireplace, but I'm not intending to put a burner or fire in. I've stripped back the plaster looking for a lintel, and about 1.65m from ground and not found one. Plus the brickwork shape is making me wonder if there will be one at all - can't find any other...
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    Existing garden wall - strengthening for gate

    Previous owner had an extension built, but when they removed part of the garden wall they didn't bother to put a pier at the end the gate was fixed to. So, over a couple of years the gate worked a couple of the bricks loose. Wall now needs strengthening so the gate can be re-hung, allow for...
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    Removing counterweighted (by concrete blocks) garage door

    Not sure if this is the right category for this, but here goes: I'd really appreciate some advice on how to go about removing an old counterweighted garage door. It is an old single-skin steel door, minus half that skin and minus the frame. By that I mean there is no frame around the...
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