We have had a 6ft knock through between the dining room and lounge and french doors have been fitted. It is in the centre of a 15ft internal load bearing wall. A concrete lintel has been fitted and is anchored 100mm at each end on the existing block work. The lintel is 4 inches wide and 2 inches high (is this sufficient?).
Should this have had a Building Officer round?
The guy doing the work is well known to us and I have no reason to believe that he would do anything dodgy. He told us he had spoken to the Building Regs office and they had said they did not need to be involved - could this be true?
Should this have had a Building Officer round?
The guy doing the work is well known to us and I have no reason to believe that he would do anything dodgy. He told us he had spoken to the Building Regs office and they had said they did not need to be involved - could this be true?