lintel

Hi, I wonder if anyone reading this could give me some advice please.. I have attached a pic. Basically I want to rip the window out and fit some french doors. However the stone lintel above the window isn't long enough. Would I be able to put a steel or wooden lintel in here like 5.5ft long ...

I am having a room re-plastered in a house I am renovating for rental. The plaster is old and has been taken back to brick. The exposed brickwork now shows an unusual arrangement around the window. To my untrained eye, it looks like a previous owner has attempted to reduce the size of the frame...

Hi all, My house has "stone" lintels over a number of the windows. I say "stone" as I think they may be man made as they are really soft and permeable and on one I think I can see concrete in the interior where it has weathered away. Anyway, they are useless and rain soaks through them so I am...

Hi Everyone, I am putting an extension on my house (3 bed Semi) and we are opening up the back of the house to make it open plan. The steel calculations have come back and I have to put in a 8 m 305 x 305 118 Universal column which is 1 tonne in weight. My problem is the restricted access I...

Hi, I've been a visitor to this site for a few years, it's the best. I'm in the process of doing some renovation work on an ex 1950's ish council house I bought recently. It's previously had various work done (some good and some bad). The picture shows a window that's been fitted in place of the...

My builder has knocked a doorway from the side of the house into the new garage. I noticed there was no lintel above the new doorway and he said it doesn't need one as the wooden frame acts as one (the wooden door surround etc). This doesn't sound correct to me but Im not a builder. Can anyone...