Another problem

[veryconfused8888]

By the way, I didn't mean you when I said this (assuming you are a builder or involved in building in some capacity) , but the builders who did the work.

 

[stuart45]

(I often think that, when builders deal with female clients, they tell us anything because they think that we won't know anything anyway.)

That's what I was taught as an apprentice.

 

[wessex101]

So what we are looking at in that photo is the end inch and a half or so of the concrete lintel has snapped off?

 

[veryconfused8888]

It is a crack in the lintel-I don't know if it has snapped off all together as I can't see how deep the crack is.

 

[James Carmichael]

Looking at your photo, I would definitely recommend you consider buying some new blinds.

 

[veryconfused8888]

I don't know how to hang them

 

[wessex101]

Cracked Lintel And Old Window Edit

• wessex101
• 2 Dec 2017

Right I'm obviously not explaining myself very well, is this the crack?

 

[veryconfused8888]

Yes, it is.

 

[JohnD]

I wonder if that is really a concrete lintel.

Might be wood with a bit of render or something.

How old is the house?

 

[veryconfused8888]

It is definitely a concrete lintel-I have touched it and knocked it to be sure

 

[wessex101]

I can think of absolutely no reason why a lintel would crack in that way. If it has cracked I really wouldn't worry about it, it is not taking any weight in that position. You could cut the end 3 inches off and it wouldn't make any difference.

 

[veryconfused8888]

But could the crack have caused the metal inside it to have corroded?

 

[wessex101]

I think I am starting to understand how the crack happened. Were the builder or structural engineer banging their heads against it by any chance?

 

[veryconfused8888]

The engineer was the one who suggested that the metal inside could have corroded.

 

[Alec_t]

Even if the lump to the left of the crack is concrete, are you sure it is part of the original lintel, and not just a gap-filler to the nearest stone/brick? The bit to the right of the crack is symmetrical with respect to the window. I'd be surprised if the lintel had been installed asymmetrically originally.