Do I remove the timber lintel

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Hi i have bricked up an old door opening that will be a solid wall in the new house layout.

I have left a few courses short until I know the answer to the question "do i brick up to the timber lintel and leave it there or remove it and infill with bricks?
 
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Question?

Is it an external door or not?

Any indications of wood rot?

Ken.
 
You could ask the same question about the floor joists and roof rafters ... and get the same answer.
 
I'd take it out, only because I do wet plastering and there's a possibility of cracking. If you're doing D and D just leave it.
 
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Internal with no sign of any deterioration. Easy enough to pull it out so may just go with replacing it
 

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