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Hi all,
I have a timber frame house built in 2002; we have an external porch above the front door (where the roof comes down over the front door), this causes the hallway to be very dark. To try and help the very dark hallway, we have been thinking about having sidelights installed. However, this means we would need to have the doorway widened.... Have a look at the atached photo for a visual description of what we currently have and what we would like to have.
I'm not sure if the existing lintel already spans the front wall enough to allow us to widen the doorway, or whether it is just covering the existing doorway. If it's wide enough, the work will be very easy, just widen the doorway under the existing lintel, make good on either side and install the new frame, door & sidelights.
However, if the lintel is not wide enough it will have to be removed and replaced with a longer lintel strong enough to support the wall above and wide enough to allow a door with side-lights. I've tried searching for such a timber lintel, but I can't find anything, or would it be a case of using some appropriately sized C24 (i.e. a couple of lengths of 225x50)?
I have a timber frame house built in 2002; we have an external porch above the front door (where the roof comes down over the front door), this causes the hallway to be very dark. To try and help the very dark hallway, we have been thinking about having sidelights installed. However, this means we would need to have the doorway widened.... Have a look at the atached photo for a visual description of what we currently have and what we would like to have.
I'm not sure if the existing lintel already spans the front wall enough to allow us to widen the doorway, or whether it is just covering the existing doorway. If it's wide enough, the work will be very easy, just widen the doorway under the existing lintel, make good on either side and install the new frame, door & sidelights.
However, if the lintel is not wide enough it will have to be removed and replaced with a longer lintel strong enough to support the wall above and wide enough to allow a door with side-lights. I've tried searching for such a timber lintel, but I can't find anything, or would it be a case of using some appropriately sized C24 (i.e. a couple of lengths of 225x50)?