I'm renovating an old terraced house and removed a door frame about 1.5m in from the front door (it was kind of a porch area with original tiled floor) to open up the hallway. I expected to see a timber lintel above the frame but it turns out its about 3 courses of bricks instead (which are loose).
I had an engineer friend lift some floorboards above and he's quite sure he joists are supported by the front wall and a big timber lintel further into the hallway, and that the bricks were simply used as in-fill above the frame and can easily be removed.
Anyone had similar experience? I'll try and get a photo if is difficult to picture
I had an engineer friend lift some floorboards above and he's quite sure he joists are supported by the front wall and a big timber lintel further into the hallway, and that the bricks were simply used as in-fill above the frame and can easily be removed.
Anyone had similar experience? I'll try and get a photo if is difficult to picture