surveyor sez....

[williamglossop]

Long story short - buying a house. 1970s brick built house, 1 of hundreds built on an estate around the same eea. All the houses in the street were built by the same builders and theyre all pretty much the same.

Surveyor has told bank to retain chunk of mortgage as there are no lintels above the windows.

Is it likely the houses were all built without lintels?

How difficult would it be to retro fit them?

What lintels would typically be used in this situation?

Thanks as always

Willis

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

Who knows with that inadequate information ......

 

[TonyW2]

Is the surveyor correct?
What-if anything- is keeping the brickwork internal/external leaves up over the window?
Are the window frames original, or have UPVC ones replaced wooden ones?

 

[ree]

Most unlikely. A lintel or lintels should be in place in a 1970's build. What was often missing was a cavity tray.

Postwar, until 1960'ish, steel lintels were often omitted and window frame mullions carried the weight.

 

[stuart45]

I've worked on loads of sites in the 70's were there was no lintel on the outer skin. 3 courses of brickwork with Bricktor in the beds on the timber frame and 6 inch wide concrete lintel on the inner skin. Catnics started to get popular around this time. 18 inch Hyload for the tray.

 

[catlad]

It sounds like the old classic wooden window replaced by pvc. windows. stuart what is bricktor?

 

[stuart45]

stuart what is bricktor?

Roll of mesh that goes in the bed joints. Can be a load of hassle when laying to a tight gauge and sometimes gets forgotten on pricework. 3 courses in the brickwork is said to form a lintel.

 

[noseall]

Brick tor....ture!