Hi Chaps
Could really use some advice as I'm unsure the best way to go about a problem and my engineer brain may be over thinking things.
In trying to get a removed wall (by a previous owner) signed off it turns out that they didn't do a good enough job and I need to put in two new joists. Simple. Now I have had one end prepared ready for the joists, the other end is beside the front door over a wooden lintel and a window. As I planned to move the front door at some point I have decided to get it done now. I'm getting my builder to do it as it's way out of my current ability or knowledge.
The problem is that the builder seems nervous about how much wall needs supporting.
This picture show what the builder wants to do. (Not to scale obviously)
Green = New fron door and window, Yellow = new brick work, Red = New lintel. So he wants to sit a lintel on top of the original, the gap above the door/window to be filled with timber
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I figure this is best. Cutting the original lintel in line with the original brick and fitting new lintel on new brick
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The builder seems to be nervous about how much wall requires supporting to install the lintel but I don't see that his method requires any less support. The only difficulty I see in my method is cutting the beams which I don't see as that hard.
So what are peoples thoughts?
Could really use some advice as I'm unsure the best way to go about a problem and my engineer brain may be over thinking things.
In trying to get a removed wall (by a previous owner) signed off it turns out that they didn't do a good enough job and I need to put in two new joists. Simple. Now I have had one end prepared ready for the joists, the other end is beside the front door over a wooden lintel and a window. As I planned to move the front door at some point I have decided to get it done now. I'm getting my builder to do it as it's way out of my current ability or knowledge.
The problem is that the builder seems nervous about how much wall needs supporting.
This picture show what the builder wants to do. (Not to scale obviously)
Green = New fron door and window, Yellow = new brick work, Red = New lintel. So he wants to sit a lintel on top of the original, the gap above the door/window to be filled with timber
View media item 61590
I figure this is best. Cutting the original lintel in line with the original brick and fitting new lintel on new brick
View media item 61591
The builder seems to be nervous about how much wall requires supporting to install the lintel but I don't see that his method requires any less support. The only difficulty I see in my method is cutting the beams which I don't see as that hard.
So what are peoples thoughts?