Lintel over garage door?

[Jegero]

Hi All,

I'm replacing an "up and over" garage door with Upvc sliding doors. Currently there is nothing above the door opening so I was thinking of fitting a concrete lintel or some angle iron to span the gap and provide some framing for the sliding door. There are block piers either side of the opening which could support the lintel (or angle iron).... Is this the a common thing to do?... Can I just bed it onto some mortar?

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Thanks for any advice.

 

[noseall]

Is this the a common thing to do?

Not unless you intend building on top of the lintel, no.

The correct thing to do would be thicken those roof timbers down to the door head level then fix to that.

 

[Jegero]

Thanks noseall... I hadn't thought of that.... Do you think something along these lines would work?

 

[23vc]

I reckon that’d work