Door frame

[Jack01]

Can somebody help.im taking out the left hand side and the top section of door frame.it looks like its surporting the beam above which the joist are sitting on.will I need a lintel or is the beam sufficient

 

[jacko555]

Are joists above resting on it? It looks like a H frame with an additional bit of wood on the top of the H to square it.

I recently repositioned an almost identical H frame door frame. No joists from above were resting on it.

Maybe remove more plaster and check its acutally structural? Mine wasnt

 

[Jack01]

I'm pretty sure the ceiling joists are sitting on it and that bit of timber I think is a wall plate and spans the wall which is approx 5mtrs and the beams sit on that.it also goes into the brick work on the left

 

[Jack01]

Also thanks for the reply

 

[^woody^]

Is this the Jack only thread?

What are you taking out - the frame or the bricks above it too?
What is that up in the ceiling is it a joist, is it a timber beam, does it rest on the walls either side of the doorway or is it just the width of the door frame?

 

[Jack01]

Lol not anymore.def the frame but the left hand up right is staying and i would like to take the bricks out aswell cos theres no need for them to be there.its a timber beam/wall plate.it rests on the wall either side.its a 1910 mid terrace if that's any help

 

[Jack01]

Not the left it's the right hand section of frame is staying