Morning guys!
We have an early 1800 stone rubble cottage in Cornwall. I was measuring up for new windows upstairs to find that the previous owner had cemented over the wooden lintel from outside, allowing it to rot away nicely.
The walls are thick (as you'd expect). The lintels are made up from four pieces of timber laid from back to front.
I'd already decided to replace the internal piece with green oak. My question is, any thoughts as to what is best to do with them?
The wall is approx 3m long with two window openings (only inspected one at the moment, but expect the other to be as bad). The roof plate sits across the whole wall, so the lintels above the window opening are really only holding up about 6-8" of stone that the plate sits on.
My two queries are...
Am i best to replace the two inner lintels with steel/cement? If so, what's best to replace the exterior lintel with? I'd like to keep it as timber so as not to ruin the look of the house, but what sort is best? Oak perhaps?
Any input would be appreciated
Lee
We have an early 1800 stone rubble cottage in Cornwall. I was measuring up for new windows upstairs to find that the previous owner had cemented over the wooden lintel from outside, allowing it to rot away nicely.
The walls are thick (as you'd expect). The lintels are made up from four pieces of timber laid from back to front.
I'd already decided to replace the internal piece with green oak. My question is, any thoughts as to what is best to do with them?
The wall is approx 3m long with two window openings (only inspected one at the moment, but expect the other to be as bad). The roof plate sits across the whole wall, so the lintels above the window opening are really only holding up about 6-8" of stone that the plate sits on.
My two queries are...
Am i best to replace the two inner lintels with steel/cement? If so, what's best to replace the exterior lintel with? I'd like to keep it as timber so as not to ruin the look of the house, but what sort is best? Oak perhaps?
Any input would be appreciated
Lee
