I want to enlarge the opening on my chimney breast in my front room (downstairs) and make it into a alcove for my television and know i need to put a lintel in to support the bricks above.
Am i right in doing it this way....
1) remove plaster to expose bricks.
2) remove mortar between the joint two bricks up from where i want to in stall lintel and insert strongmans on two acrose either side of chimney breast.
3) tighten up acrose then remove bricks two levels down and insert concrete lintel.
4) cement in and leave for couple of days.
5) in mean time remove bricks underneath lintel.
6) remove strong man and replace gap left behind with slate and mortar
i hope to do it this weekend so and advice would be greatly appreciated.
Am i right in doing it this way....
1) remove plaster to expose bricks.
2) remove mortar between the joint two bricks up from where i want to in stall lintel and insert strongmans on two acrose either side of chimney breast.
3) tighten up acrose then remove bricks two levels down and insert concrete lintel.
4) cement in and leave for couple of days.
5) in mean time remove bricks underneath lintel.
6) remove strong man and replace gap left behind with slate and mortar
i hope to do it this weekend so and advice would be greatly appreciated.