Is this going to fall

[Johnmelad]

Had to take down some damp plasterboard and found this. Some bricks are unsupported and in one place you can see where someone has put a bit of wood in to support the brickwork.

Picture two has been turned on its side when uploaded.

Any idea as to what needs doing to put this right?

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• Johnmelad
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[tony1851]

What are we looking at?

 

[HERTS P&D]

Top of a bay window?

Andy

 

[Phil189345985]

Is it a double bay (ie/ is the upstairs above it also a bay window, or is there a little roof above the downstairs bay)??
If it's a double bay then I'd get it sorted before it falls down.
If just ground floor bay, get it sorted to stop it leaking!

Phil.

 

[maltaron]

I assume that the brickwork is between the top of the ground floor bay and the bottom of the first floor bay. It was normal in pre-war houses to use the timber window as the support for all above. The problem comes when the windows are replaced with plastic, when a proper lintel arrangement should be fitted but seldom is.

 

[Johnmelad]

Ground floor single bay window.

 

[snowman13]

:/