Hi all
I would like a doorway and new window cut into our external, single brick garage. Where I would like the doorway cut, the garage is 2.6 metres high and so there will only be about 5 courses of bricks above to the flat roof. Question is what sort /size of lintel would I need? I was wondering whether a 5mm steel angle iron would do as there's not a lot of weight bearing down? The door is a standard 33.5 inches wide so I would get an iron/lintel around 120cm if i could. Similar story for the window, which is 38 inches wide. What would you suggest? thanks in advance..
I would like a doorway and new window cut into our external, single brick garage. Where I would like the doorway cut, the garage is 2.6 metres high and so there will only be about 5 courses of bricks above to the flat roof. Question is what sort /size of lintel would I need? I was wondering whether a 5mm steel angle iron would do as there's not a lot of weight bearing down? The door is a standard 33.5 inches wide so I would get an iron/lintel around 120cm if i could. Similar story for the window, which is 38 inches wide. What would you suggest? thanks in advance..