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    Failed/blown concrete lintels - replace or repair?

    Two inner concrete lintels(100x~250) supporting 1/2 of external 30s solid walls, one supports a 1.8m window opening in 1st floor (carrying 3 courses and roof) and the other a 2m window opening in ground floor (supporting 10 courses and then an exact size window opening in 1st floor), are blown...
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    • failed failing lintel lintel doorway solid wall solid walls structural window
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    • Forum: Building
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    RSJ Padstone - HELP

    I’m creating an opening (Proposed 1700mm wide) in my rear external ex solid wall (it has been rebuilt using cavity with a width to match existing, 230mm, just in ground floor and half length of the wall). There is a small window and a 900mm door in that wall panel I want the opening in for the...
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    • brick laying engineering brick external wall french door lintel load bearing wall padstone rsj solid walls wall opening
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    • Forum: Building
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    Thermal plasterboarding solid wall/internal insulation - advice please

    Hi, First time posting here, I have taken all the plaster off on the external solid 9" walls (1930s house) and now want to insulate and redo them using celotex 37.5mm thick 2.4mx1.2m plasterboards. I have heard many stories about damp and condensation issues caused by internal insulation. Do...
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    • celotex insualtion internal wall insulation plaster plaster board plasterboard solid walls
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: General DIY
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