Has anyone used a 'goal post' arrangement of RSJ's to support a wall when creating a 'large' opening?
- is this acceptable practice?
I have two doors on the back wall of the house with brickwork in between.
Rather than 'hacking' away the internal plasterwork and external render to remove the existing door lintels I was thinking of removing the doors and the brickwork in between (suitably supporting the overhead brickwork) then inserting an RSJ lintel (Catnic CXL Cavity wall lintel) cut to the same length as the opening, and supporting this lintel at either end using RSJ's vertically positioned like below -
Has anyone done this?
Would this configuration be a problem for a structural engineer to calculate sizes?
- is this acceptable practice?
I have two doors on the back wall of the house with brickwork in between.
Rather than 'hacking' away the internal plasterwork and external render to remove the existing door lintels I was thinking of removing the doors and the brickwork in between (suitably supporting the overhead brickwork) then inserting an RSJ lintel (Catnic CXL Cavity wall lintel) cut to the same length as the opening, and supporting this lintel at either end using RSJ's vertically positioned like below -
Has anyone done this?
Would this configuration be a problem for a structural engineer to calculate sizes?