Lintel Crack

[Pedd2022]

1880 house Crack in ground floor lintel going up the building a bit. No internal cracking yet, and no matching crack below the window (only a hairline slightly offset as pictured). Worth getting a structural engineer in first, or should I get straight to repairing/replacing the lintel?

 

[^woody^]

I suspect you need to know what has caused the crack before you can know how to repair it

 

[Jake2021]

I’m with woody on this one, usually he gives me advice and good advice at that lol

I’d get a structural
Engineer to have a look, if it’s 1880 house is it in a conservation area of listed building?
You would need building control/ planning permission anyway which they would ask for SE calcs for the lintel.
probably not the response you wanted but thought I’d throw it out there lol
Jake